Departamento asignado a la asignatura: Departamento de Economía
Tipo: Optativa
Créditos: 6.0 ECTS
Curso: 1º
Cuatrimestre: 1º
Requisitos (Asignaturas o materias cuyo conocimiento se presupone)
Basic calculus and probability theory
Objetivos
- Teaches students the standards of precision and rigor in economic analysis and professional communication.
- Emphasizes autonomous and group learning.
- Familiarizes students with the theory of individual decision under uncertainty, and provides a set of tools appropriate for the analysis of individuals' interactions in strategic settings.
Descripción de contenidos: Programa
1. What is game theory?
2. Static games of complete information: normal form; Nash equilibrium; applications
3. Dynamic games of complete information; extensive form; subgame perfect equilibrium; applications
4. Static games of Incomplete information: Bayesian Nash equilibrium
5. Dynamic games of incomplete information: perfect Bayesian Nash equilibrium.
Actividades formativas, metodología a utilizar y régimen de tutorías
-Lectures in which the basic material is presented and discussed. Basic textbook references are provided with to complete and deepen students¿ understanding.
- Discussion of the solution to practical exercises to provide students with feedback on their level of understanding and difficulties.
Sistema de evaluación
Peso porcentual del Examen Final 60
Peso porcentual del resto de la evaluación 40
Bibliografía básica
A. Dixit and S. Skeath. Games of Strategy. New York: W. W. Norton. 1999
E. Prisner. Game Theory Through Examples. The Mathematical Association of America. 2014
H. Gintis and S. Schecter. Game Theory in Action. An Introduction to Classical and Evolutionary Models. Princeton UP. 2016
H. S. Bierman and L. Fernandez. Game Theory with Economic Applications. Second Edition, Addison-Wesley. 1998
K. Binmore. Game theory: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford UP. 2007
Lindley. Making Decisions, . John Wiley & Sons. 1985
M. Osborne. An Introduction to Game Theory. Oxford UP. 2003
M. Peterson. An Introduction to Decision Theory. Cambridge UP. 2009
R Gardner: . Games for Business and Economics. New York: John Wiley & Sons. 1995
R. Gibbons. Game Theory for Applied Economists. Princeton UP. 1992
R. Myerson: . Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict, . Harvard UP. 1991
El programa de la asignatura podría sufrir alguna variación por causa de fuerza mayor debidamente justificada o por eventos académicos comunicados con antelación.
