About
This course is an introduction to game theory and strategic thinking. Ideas such as dominance, backward induction, Nash equilibrium, evolutionary stability, commitment, credibility, asymmetric information, adverse selection, and signaling are discussed and applied to games played in class and to examples drawn from economics, politics, the movies, and elsewhere.
Course Homepage: [[http://oyc.yale.edu/economics/game-theory]]
Course features at Open Yale courses page: *Game Theory *Syllabus *Class Sessions *Downloads *Survey
Exams: *Midterm Exam *Solutions to Midterm Exam *Final Exam (from 2007) *Final Exam Solutions *Concepts since Midterm *List of Games
Videos

Lecture 9 - Mixed strategies in theory and tennis
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 23 - Asymmetric information: silence, signaling and suffering education
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 6 - Nash equilibrium: dating and Cournot
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 24 - Asymmetric information: auctions and the winner's curse
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 19 - Subgame perfect equilibrium: matchmaking and strategic investments
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 4 - Best responses in soccer and business partnerships
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 2 - Putting yourselves into other people's shoes
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 13 - Sequential games: moral hazard, incentives, and hungry lions
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 7 - Nash equilibrium: shopping, standing and voting on a line
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 18 - Imperfect information: information sets and sub-game perfection
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 12 - Evolutionary stability: social convention, aggression, and cycles
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 16 - Backward induction: reputation and duels
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 11 - Evolutionary stability: cooperation, mutation, and equilibrium
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 22 - Repeated games: cheating, punishment, and outsourcing
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 1 - Introduction to Game Theory: five first lessons
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 10 - Mixed strategies in baseball, dating and paying your taxes
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 8 - Nash equilibrium: location, segregation and randomization
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 15 - Backward induction: chess, strategies, and credible threats
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 5 - Nash equilibrium: bad fashion and bank runs
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 17 - Backward induction: ultimatums and bargaining
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 3 - Iterative deletion and the median-voter theorem
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 14 - Backward induction: commitment, spies, and first-mover advantages
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 20 - Subgame perfect equilibrium: wars of attrition
Nov 15, 2010
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Lecture 21 - Repeated games: cooperation vs. the end game
Nov 15, 2010
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