Game Theory and Economic Applications
Lecture
Main Campus
Course Description
Introduction to game theory and its applications to economics. Topics: strategic and extensive form games, dominant strategies, Nash equilibrium, subgame-perfect equilibrium, and Bayesian equilibrium. The theory is applied to repeated games, oligopoly, auctions, and bargaining with examples from economics and political science. This is a core requirement for the ECON BS program. Approved field credit for the ECON BA and Minor Programs. Econ field credit for the BA/Minor given for 160, 167G, or 180, the other may be taken for elective credit.
ECON 160
Units: 5
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Typically Offered
Not Available
Grading Basis
Letter or Credit/No Credit
Class Level
Undergraduate
Instructional Mode
In Person
Gen Ed Requirement(s)
WAYS - Formal Reasoning (FR)
WAYS - Social Inquiry (SI)