Economics 201A.  Part II: Game Theory

Professor Yuliy Sannikov, sannikov@econ.berkeley.edu

Office Hours during the week preceding the final:

Mon 11am-noon and Thu 2-3 (note time change) in 593 Evans Hall

 

GSIs:   Kristof P. Madarasz, madarasz@econ.berkeley.edu

Office Hours: Monday 9am-11am in 508-5 Evans

 

Yooki Park, yooki@econ.berkeley.edu

Office Hours: Wednesdays, 9am-11am in 508-3/508-5 Evans

 

Grading requirements:

3 problem sets: 20%

Final exam, Monday December 19, 2005, 12:30pm-3:30pm, 50 Birge: 80%

 

Optional readings:

Mas-Colell, A., M. Whinston, and J. Green, Microeonomic Theory, Oxford University Press, 1995

Lecture Slides and Notes

Introduction, Examples of Games

Normal Form Games, Nash Equilibrium

Extensive Form Games, Subgame Perfect Equilibrium

Games with Incomplete Information, Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium

Education Signaling and Intuitive Criterion

More on Signaling and Adverse Selection

Auctions, Bayesian Nash Equilibrium

Infinitely Repeated Games with Perfect Information

 

Additional Materials

 

Notes on “formalities” (New, not required for exam)

Detailed analysis of the entrant-incumbent game

Additional problems with solutions

Problem Sets and Solutions

Problem Set 1, Solutions

Problem Set 2, Solutions

Problem Set 3, Solutions

Exams

Practice Final Exam 1, Solutions

Practice Final Exam 2, Solutions

Final Exam, Solutions