ECON 414: Game Theory
Instructor: Matthew Chesnes

 

Lectures:
·         Tue/Thr, 2:00pm – 3:15pm, TYD 1132
 
Office Hours:
·         Monday, 10:30am-11:30am, TYD 4101D
                             & By Appointment

Course Syllabus

 

Important Announcements 

Contact Information

Matthew Chesnes

Contact

 

Problem Set Questions and Solutions (*See notes below)

Assignment Number

Due Date

Questions

Solutions

1

02/12/2008

Homework 1

See Class Handout

(Problem 5 Graphs)

2

02/26/2008

Homework 2

See Class Handout

(118.3 / 141.1)

3

03/06/2008

Homework 3

See Class Handout

4

04/10/2008

Homework 4

See Class Handout

5

04/22/2008

Homework 5

See Class Handout

6

05/06/2008

Homework 6

See Class Handout

* Problem sets are due at the beginning of lecture on the due date.

* Late homework will only be accepted if appropriate documentation is provided.  It may be submitted for full credit by 9:00am on the day following the due date if this documentation is also attached.  Please see the undergraduate course catalog for more information (http://www.umd.edu/catalog/).

 

Midterm and Final

 

Date

Exam Coverage

Location

Midterm

Tuesday

03/11/2008

2:00pm-3:15pm

Announcement
Key Concepts

TYD 1132

Final

Monday

05/19/2008

10:30am-12:30pm

Announcement
Key Concepts

TYD 1132

 

Course Outline and Lecture Notes

Topic

PowerPoint

Chap 1. Introduction

PPT

Chap 2. Nash equilibrium: Theory

PPT

Chap 3. Nash equilibrium: Illustrations

PPT

Chap 4. Mixed strategy equilibrium

PPT

Chap 5. Extensive games with perfect information: Theory

PPT

Chap 6. Extensive games with perfect information: Illustrations

PPT

Chap 7. Extensive games with perfect information: Extensions and discussion

PPT

Chap 9. Bayesian games

PPT

Chap 10. Extensive games with imperfect information

PPT

Chap 14. Repeated games: The prisoner's dilemma

PPT

Folk Theorem

FT Example

Bargaining

Infinitely Repeated Cournot

Chap 15. Repeated games: General results

 

Other Links

Student Grades

Grades

Public Osborn Solutions

PDF

Other Sources

Sources

Midterms
Spring2006 (Solutions) -- Fall2006 (Solutions) -- Spring2007 (Solutions)
Summer2007 (Solutions) -- Fall2007 (Solutions) -- Spring2008 (Solutions)
Finals
Spring2006 (Solutions) -- Fall2006 (Solutions) -- Spring2007 (Solutions)
Summer2007 (Solutions)  -- Fall2007 (Solutions) -- Spring2008 (Solutions)

A Beautiful Mind

Scene from the Movie
Discussion

Dr. Strangelove

Scene from the Movie
Discussion

 

Updated May 19, 2008