Game Theory, Wuhan University, April 2008.

Teacher: Professor Elchanan Ben-Porath

Description: The course will present game theory as a conceptual and formal framework designed to analyze interactions between rational decision makers. We will discuss the main solution concepts in game theory and apply these concepts to analyze examples of interest. In particular we will study competition between firms in different settings, bargaining games, auctions, voting, investments, arms races, and more.

Below is a list of important text books and topics.

Texts:

The main text is:

1. A Course in Game Theory, Osborne and Rubinstein, MIT Press. (OR).

Our discussion will be organized in a way that is similar to the presentation in Osborne and Rubinstein.

Other books:

2. Game Theory; Fudenberg and Tirole, MIT Press. (FT).

3. A Course in Microeconomic Theory; Kreps, Princeton University Press. (K)

4. Game Theory; Myerson, Harvard University Press. (M).