Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Institution:
Free University of Amsterdam
Course Title:
Methods of PPE III
Course Number:
W_JSM_221
Course Description:
Conflict as well as cooperation are key features of our social world.
Both follow interdependency of human actions. Conflicts arise when one
person’s interests clash with the interests of another person, whereas
cooperation often emerges because individuals can jointly realize goods
or benefits which they cannot realize on their own. Game theory is the
systematic study of such interdependencies and it thus is crucial for
our understanding of human interaction. The course provides a rigorous
training in the tools of game theory and brings out the relevance of
those tools for a wide variety of PPE-topics - ranging from the analysis
of international relations to proposals for tax reform, and from
negotiations between trade unions and employer organizations to the
formation of governments. Game theoretic topics that will be covered
include: extensive form and normal form games; incomplete information;
equilibrium concepts; evolutionary games; cooperative games; and
bargaining.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
ECON 3--
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