Universität Wien

040267 KU Decision and Game Theory II (MA) (2020S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

I will make screencast lecturers available online every Wednesday. There will be an announcement on the moodle course page.

  • Wednesday 13.05. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Wednesday 20.05. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Wednesday 27.05. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Wednesday 03.06. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Wednesday 10.06. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Wednesday 17.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 4 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Wednesday 17.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Wednesday 24.06. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Course description: This course provides an introduction to more advanced concepts of Game Theory and mostly applies these concepts to topics in Industrial Organization. Roughly speaking, Industrial Organization analyses both the functioning of markets and firms' behavior in markets. This course builds on and is a continuation of the course "Entscheidungs- und Spieltheorie (MA)". Important applications discussed in this course are auctions and so-called signaling games that are prevalent in both business and daily life.

Assessment and permitted materials

Contrary to what was originally announced, there will be no midterm exam this semester. There will be a Final Exam that will count 100% towards the Final Grade (and Homework Assignments).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students should master intermediate microeconomics and the game theory concepts covered in the course "Entscheidungs- und Spieltheorie (MA)". There will be a midterm and a final exam that determine your final grade with equal weight.

Examination topics

More information will be provided in the lectures.

Reading list

Steven Tadelis (2013): Game Theory: An Introduction, Princeton University Press.

Martin J. Osborne (2004): An Introduction to Game Theory, Oxford University Press.

Jeffrey Church and Roger Ware (2000): Industrial Organization: A Strategic Approach, McGraw-Hill.

Association in the course directory

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