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Requirements

The course is graded based on the final exam. There will be four problem sets that are not for credit, but several will be graded to provide feedback, and the answers will be reviewed in the TA sessions. The questions on the final exam will be variations of problems from the problem sets.

Topics

1. Static Games: dominance, Nash equilibrium
2. Static Games: coordination, refinements
3. Auctions and Political Economy
  a. Problem set on static games; answer key Sanchez answer key
4. Dynamic Games: extensive form, subgame perfection
5. Dynamic Games: refinements, robustness, learning
6. Dynamic Games: self-confirming equilibrium, experiments
7. Repeated Games: long-run versus short-run
8. Repeated Games: the folk theorem
  b. Problem set on dynamic games Sanchez answer key
9. Uncertainty: the equity premium puzzle
10. Uncertainty: behavioral critiques
11. Uncertainty: dynamic programming
  c. Problem set on uncertainty Sanchez answer key
12. Bayesian Games
13. Mechanism Design
14. Dynamic Moral Hazard: Peer versus Collective Punishment
  d. Problem set on mechanism design Sanchez answer key

Books

Old Exams

2013 answers 2019 2020 2021

Marina Sanchez Material

notes

mock exam mock exam answers