Course Code and name

 

EKO639  Game Theory

Course Type

 

Elective

Course Credit

 

3 0 3

ECTS Credit

 

3

Lecturer

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Naci Canpolat

Pre-requisite(s)

None

Course Length

 

1 Semester / 3 hours each week

Course Content

Basic noncooperative game theory. The major topics covered are decision theory, strategic form games, extensive form games, Bayesian games, infinite horizon games and repeated games. Evolutionary game theory and evolutionary stable strategies.

Course Objective and Fulfillments to be obtained by Students

 

To provide an introduction to game theoretic modeling, focusing in particular on non-cooperative game theory at a graduate level. Students will learn to solve game theoretic models.

References

 

Gibbons, Robert, Game Theory for Applied Economists,  

             Princeton University Press:       Princton NJ, 1992.

Myerson, Roger B. Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict, Harvard

             University Press: Cambridge MA, 1991.

Fudenberg, Drew ve Jean Tirole, Game Theory, The MIT Press:

            Cambridge MA, 2000.

 

Teaching Method

 

Lectures, applications and homeworks

Assessment Method

Exams and a term paper

Instruction Language

Turkish