The course consists of two short blocks, the first block covers standard concepts, techniques and results in non-cooperative game theory, the second block covers behavioral economic topics related to other-regarding preferences (one lecture on distributional concerns, a second on reciprocity, a third on guilt aversion and related concepts). The course will be held from Monday 7 to Tuesday 22 Febrary.
Course Convener
Professor Rudolf Kerschbamer, Department of Economics, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Course Outline
The following outline roughly but not precisely corresponds to each lecture.
| Topic | |
|---|---|
| Lecture 1 | Standard Game Theory I Representation of Strategic Interactions as Games, Dominance, Pure Strategy NE in Finite Games, Mixed Strategy NE in Finite Games, and NE in Infinite Games |
| Lecture 2 | Standard Game Theory II SPNE in Finite Games, SPNE in Infinite Games, SPNE in Finitely and Infinitely Repeated Games |
| Lecture 3 | Standard Game Theory III BNE in Finite Games, BNE in Infinite Games, PBNE in Finite Games |
| Lecture 4 | Distributional Preferences in Games |
| Lecture 5 | Reciprocity Concerns in Games |
| Lecture 6 | Guilt and Other “Psychological Feeling” in Games |
| Lecture 7 | Interdependent Preferences in Games |
Dates
Each session is held from 10am to 1pm in V401 on the following days:
Block 1
Monday 7th February
Tuesday 8th February
Friday 11th February
Block 2
Monday 14th February
Monday 21st February
Tuesday 22nd February
Enquiries
For further details please contact the Project Officer:
Angela Fletcher
Queensland University of Technology
Email: a.fletcher@qut.edu.au