Industrial Organization and Game Theory

ECP 4403

Professor Lisa Rutström

 

 

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Syllabus

Grade formulas

 Office hours in office 303 J: T/Th see syllabus for times

 

 

Preliminary Test Dates:

September 22,  TEST 2 NEW DATE: October 15,  November 10,  and December 1.

Final exam is Thursday December 10 at 4 pm.

Required Textbook: Prajit K. Dutta: Strategies and Games.

This is a course primarily in Game Theory but with a lot of applications to Industrial Organization. Some topics traditionally included in a course in Industrial Organization will not be covered such as Discriminatory Pricing and Product Bundling.

Formula sheets:

Linear equations

Quadratic equations

Simultaneous equations

Derivatives of polynomials

derivatives and optimization

Additional Reading: Spatial Competition

Keys to end of chapter problems.

Ch1      Ch2       Ch3       Ch4       Ch5

Ch 6    Ch 8       Ch11     Ch13     Ch19

Ch 20

 

 

 


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Homework based on computer game class Sept 10

Instructions computer game class sept 10

Notes for Sept 29 Extensions of Cournot Model

Notes for Oct 6 Bertrand Competition

Notes for Oct 8 Spatial Competition to be posted

Notes on voting game

Experiment Nov 11 2009