Fall 1997 (Tue 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Dodd 121/Geog 2221E) (Thu
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM Dodd 121/Geog 2221E)
| Week |
Date |
Lecture |
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Assignment |
Section |
reading in Varian |
reading in Bierman and Fernandez |
| 1 |
Thu Sep 25 |
Monopoly |
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review problems |
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23 |
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| 2 |
Tu Sep 30 |
Duopoly and the Prisoner's
Dilemma |
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review answers |
31 |
11.4, 11.5 |
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Thu Oct 2 |
Dominance and the Second
Price Auction |
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| 3 |
Tu Oct 7 |
Iterated Dominance in the
Cournot Model |
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11.6, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3 |
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Thu Oct 9 |
Nash Equilibrium and
Coordination Games |
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PS#1 |
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27 |
5.4, 11.7, 11.8 |
| 4 |
Tu Oct 14 |
Cournot, Bertrand |
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review PS#1 |
26 |
13.5, 13.6, 13.7 |
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Thu Oct 16 |
Subgame Perfect
Equilibrium |
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5.1, 5.2 |
| 5 |
Tu Oct 21 |
Information Sets and the
Normal Form |
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11.3 |
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Thu Oct 23 |
Stackelberg Equilibrium
and Precommitment |
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PS#2 |
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26 |
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| 6 |
Tu Oct 28 |
Discounting |
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review PS#2 |
10 |
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Thu Oct 30 |
Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma |
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| 7 |
Tu Nov 4 |
MIDTERM EXAM |
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23 |
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Thu Nov 6 |
Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma |
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review midterm |
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23 |
| 8 |
Tu Nov 11 |
Long Run versus Short Run |
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23 |
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Thu Nov 13 |
Probability Theory, Conditional
Probability and Bayes Law |
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PS#3 |
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2.4, 3.3, 3.5 |
| 9 |
Tu Nov 18 |
Expected Utility Theory |
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review PS#3 |
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2.5, 2.6 |
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Thu Nov 20 |
Mixed Strategy Equilibrium |
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11.9 |
| 10 |
Tu Nov 25 |
Dynamic Programming |
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PS#4 |
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1 |
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Thu Nov 27 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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| 11 |
Tu Dec 2 |
Types and Incomplete
Information Cournot Competition |
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review PS#4 |
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17 |
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Thu Dec 4 |
The Revelation Principle |
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| 12 |
Thu Dec 11 |
FINAL EXAM: Thursday, 8:00A - 11:00A |
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review problems |
review answers |
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