Degree Level Course

Game Theory and Strategy

- Learn how to think of social and economic aspects of life via mathematical models. - Learn how game theory is applied to think about problems in information economy.

by Dr. Bikramaditya Datta , Vimal Kumar

Course ID: BSMS4023

Course Credits: 4

Course Type: Elective

Pre-requisites: None

Course structure & Assessments

For details of standard course structure and assessments, visit Academics page.

WEEK 1 Introduction and General Principles
WEEK 2 Games with Simultaneous Moves I
WEEK 3 Games with Simultaneous Move II
WEEK 4 Games with Sequential Moves
WEEK 5 Combining Sequential and Simultaneous Moves and Mixed Strategies
WEEK 6 Evolutionary game Theory
WEEK 7 Matching Problem, Gale-Shapley Algorithm
WEEK 8 Voting, Cascades, and Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem
WEEK 9 Cooperative Games, Shapley Values
WEEK 10 Fair Division, Bankruptcy Problems
WEEK 11 Auctions
WEEK 12 Network Effects
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Prescribed Books

The following are the suggested books for the course:

Games of Strategy by Avinash Dixit and Susan Skeath. W.W. Norton & Company Insights into Game Theory: An Alternative Mathematical Experience by Ein-Ya Gura, and Michael Maschler. Cambridge University Press.

Networks, Crowds and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World by David Easley, and Jon Kleinberg. Cambridge University Press.

About the Instructors

Dr. Bikramaditya Datta
Assistant Professor, Department of Economic Sciences, IIT Kanpur

Other courses by the same instructor: BSMS3034 - Corporate Finance

Vimal Kumar
Associate Professor, Department of Economic Science, IIT Kanpur

Other courses by the same instructor: BSMS3033 - Managerial Economics

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