Description

Game theory has emerged as an important field providing economists and managers with tools to deal with strategic and social interactions. The aim of this course is to introduce students to the methodology of Game Theory with an emphasis on applications to real economic issues such as bargaining, price formation, industrial organization, workplace relations. The first half of the course will be more lecture-based in order to give the students the necessary tools to comprehend the wide literature on the subject. The second half will involve readings on a variety of topics where Game theory and Experimental economics constitute a relevant tool of analysis.