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    Overview

    Examines strategic decision making with interacting decision makers. Topics include strategic form games, extensive form games, repeated games, games with incomplete information and evolutionary game theory.

    Do you get a good deal when you purchase a TV from a store that gives a "lowest price guarantee" or when you reserve a hotel room through an online travel agency that promises to refund you the difference when your hotel is booked for a lower price later? If you want to understand the forces at play in these situations, then you need to understand strategic interaction.

    No firm, government or person operates in a vacuum. The action that someone takes may not only have consequences for herself, but also for others, and vice versa. On the one hand we need to form beliefs about actions taken by others in order to know what action to choose oneself. On the other hand, we may influence decisions taken by others via our own decisions. That is, we engage in strategic thinking. This paper provides an introduction to strategic thinking, and when you take it, you will learn to recognise and analyse strategic situations.

    About this paper

    Paper title Game Theory
    Subject Economics
    EFTS 0.15
    Points 18 points
    Teaching period Semester 2 (On campus)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $937.50
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Prerequisite
    ECON 201 or ECON 271
    Schedule C
    Arts and Music, Commerce, Science
    Contact

    economics@otago.ac.nz

    Teaching staff

    Daniel Neururer

    Textbooks

    Harrington J.E. (2014). Games, Strategies, and Decision Making (2nd ed.). Worth Publishers, New York. (ISBN 978-1429239967)

    Graduate Attributes Emphasised
    Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Critical thinking, Information literacy, Self-motivation.
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    Learning Outcomes

    Students who successfully complete ECON 319 should be able to:

    • Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of game theoretic methods of analysing behaviour in strategic situations
    • Apply that understanding to predict behaviour and evaluate business and policy options
    • Reflect on game theoretical methods from a multi-disciplinary perspective
    • Appreciate the impact that game theory has made, and continues to make, in a variety of contexts

    Timetable

    Semester 2

    Location
    Dunedin
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught On Campus
    Learning management system
    Blackboard

    Lecture

    Stream Days Times Weeks
    Attend
    A1 Tuesday 10:00-10:50 29-35, 37-42
    Wednesday 10:00-10:50 29-35, 37-42
    Friday 11:00-11:50 30-35, 37-42

    Tutorial

    Stream Days Times Weeks
    Attend one stream from
    A1 Thursday 12:00-12:50 30-35, 37-42
    A2 Friday 09:00-09:50 30-35, 37-42
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