Universität Wien

040383 UK Game Theory and Industrial Organization (2013W)

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

This course provides an introduction to basic concepts of Game Theory and applies these concepts to topics in Industrial Organization. Roughly speaking, Industrial Organization analyses both the functioning of markets and firms' behavior in markets.

Contents:
1. Static games with complete information and the Nash equilibrium. (Typical application: Cournot model)
2. Sequential games with complete information and the subgame perfect Nash equilibrium. (Typical application: Stackelberg model)
3. Static games with incomplete information and the Bayesian Nash equilibrium (Typical application: Auctions)
4. Sequential games with incomplete information and the Perfect Bayesian Nash equilibrium. (Typical application: Signalling model).

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

Tuesday 01.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 01.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 08.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 08.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 15.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 15.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 22.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 22.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 29.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 29.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 05.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 05.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 12.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 12.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 19.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 19.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 26.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 26.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 03.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal D Unicampus Hof 10 Hirnforschungzentrum Spitalgasse 4
Tuesday 03.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 10.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 10.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 17.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Tuesday 17.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 07.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 07.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 14.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 14.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 21.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 21.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Tuesday 28.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Hörsaal 16 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Hörsaal 3 2A211 2.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
Tuesday 28.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Hörsaal 12 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Assessment and permitted materials

Midterm Exam (45%), Final Exam (45%), Homework Assignments (10%). Details will be provided during the first class meeting.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

Course textbooks:
-) Gibbons, Robert (1992), A Primer in Game Theory, Harvester Wheatsheaf (Prentice Hall).
-) Osborne, Martin J. (2004), An Introduction to Game Theory, Oxford University Press.
-) Church, Je¤rey and Roger Ware (2000), Industrial Organization: A Strategic Approach, McGraw-Hill.

Association in the course directory

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