Department of Economics

Course: Module Course

Title: Game Theory

Code: ECO412

Semester: A

Instructor: G. Adjunct Lecturer (ESPA Grant)

Aims and Objectives

This course introduces the main concepts and tools of Game Theory with the aim to enable students to: (i) know the basic concepts and mathematical techniques of Game Theory, (ii) use the game-theoretical concepts and techniques in the analysis of economic applications (such as oligopoly, negotiations), (iii) analyze real-world problems that involve strategic decision-making using the mathematical tools of Game Theory.

Topics covered:

1. Introduction

2. Static games with complete information

3. Dynamic games with complete information

4. Repeated games 

5. Static games with incomplete information

6. Dynamic games with incomplete information

7. Bargaining

8. Evolutionary game theory

9. Game theory and psychology

Course Books: 

Γιάνης Βαρουφάκης, Θεωρία παιγνίων: Η θεωρία που φιλοδοξεί να ενοποιήσει τις κοινωνικές επιστήμες, Αθήνα: Gutenberg, 2007

ΘΕΩΡΙΑ ΠΑΙΓΝΙΩΝ. ΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΑ ΣΤΟΝ JOHN NASH, Κωνσταντίνα Κοτταρίδη, Γρηγόριος Σιουρούνης, Γ. Βαρουφάκης, A. Cabrales, V.P. Crawford, A.K. Dixit, N. Feltovich, L. Fernandez, T. Fukiharu, P. Hammerstein, S. Hargreaves Heap, J.C.Harsanyi (Νόμπελ 1994), H.W. Kuhn, J. D. Morrow, A.Muthoo, R.B. Myerson, J. F. Nash Jr. (Νόμπελ 1994), Χρ. Χ. Παπαδημητρίου, A. Rapoport, T. Sandler, R. Selten (Νόμπελ 1994), S. Skeath, W. Thomson, E. van Damme, J. W. Weibull, P. Weirich, Δ. Χριστοδούλου