Marciano Siniscalchi
Game Theory (Economics 514)
Fall 1999
Logistics
We (provisionally) meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:40a-12:10p, in Bendheim 317.
I will create a mailing list for the course. Therefore, please send me email at your earliest convenience so I can add you to the list. You do not want to miss important announcements, do you?
The course has a Web page at http://www.princeton.edu/~marciano/eco514.html. You should bookmark it and check it every once in a while, as I will be adding material related to the course (including solutions to problems, papers, relevant links, etc.)
If you need to talk to me, you can email me at marciano@princeton.edu for an appointment, or just drop by during my regular OH (Wed 1:00-2:30). My office is 309 Fisher.
Textbook
The main reference for this course is:
OSBORNE, M. and RUBINSTEIN, A. (1994): A Course in Game Theory, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (denoted “OR” henceforth)
If you are planning to buy a single book for this course, get this one. However, I will sometimes refer to the following texts (which, incidentally, should be on every serious micro theorist’s bookshelf):
MYERSON, R. (1991): Game Theory. Analysis of Conflict, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press (denoted “MY” henceforth)
FUDENBERG, D. and TIROLE, J. (1991): Game Theory, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (denoted “FT” henceforth)
Plan of the Course
Please note: R indicates required readings; O indicates optional readings; and L means that relevant lecture notes will be distributed in class. Lecture notes shall be considered required readings.
1. Introduction
1.1 The main issues
Structure of the Course
Games as Multiperson Decision Problems
R OR Chapter 1
O MY Sections 1.1-1
