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040267 KU Decision and Game Theory II (MA) (2025W)

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

Attendance of the first lecture day is compulsory. Non-attendance of the first lecture means that you will be automatically de-registered from the course without further notice. This applies also to students on the waiting list hoping to still get a slot in the course. (Having to work, not being in Vienna, etc. are not valid excuses.)

  • Tuesday 25.11. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 02.12. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 09.12. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 16.12. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 13.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 13.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 20.01. 09:45 - 13:00 Hörsaal 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 27.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß

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

Mid-term exam (50%) and final exam (50%). Details will be announced during the first class meeting.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students should master intermediate microeconomics and the game theory concepts covered in the course "Entscheidungs- und Spieltheorie (MA)".

Criteria for the final grade will be announced at the start of the course.

Examination topics

More information will be provided in the lectures.

Reading list

Course textbooks:

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

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

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Mo 27.07.2026 09:26