Strategic Analysis

3 credits · Undergraduate

Introduction to sequential and simultaneous games. Backward induction, equilibrium, pure and mixed strategies. Cooperation and conflict, the prisoner's dilemma, threats, promises, and credibility. Brinkmanship, uncertainty, the role of information, auction design, bidding strategies, and bargaining. Voting and agenda control. Prerequisite: 1010 and 1020. [3] (SBS) (CORE B) (LE SBS)