Game Theory and Economic Applications
ECON 1052
Subject & Catalog Number
Course Information
Description
Game theory is a mathematical method for analyzing strategic situations. It deals with situations in which multiple people must make interdependent decisions, such as chess, poker, bargaining, oligopoly pricing, and warfare. Topics include strategic-form and extensive-form games, rationalizability, Nash equilibrium, and subgame-perfect equilibrium. We will study applications such as long-term cooperation, auctions, mechanism design, and division of treasure between pirates.
Course Notes
Students may not take both Economics 1051 and Economics 1052 for credit.
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Department
Economics
Course Component
Lecture
NOTE: This course requires additional sections; you will be prompted to choose secondary components during the Add to Cart process
General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Social Sciences
Course Level
For Undergraduate and Graduate Students
