Information Package / Course Catalogue
Game Theory
Course Code: EFN500
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The main objective of this course is to (i) show a systematic way of analyzing strategic situations in which the well being of individuals depends not only on what they do but also on what other individuals do, (ii) introduce students with the basic concepts and results of noncooperative game theory.

Course Content

Eşzamanlı hareket olan oyunlar: Saf stratejiler. Nash dengesi. Baskın strateji dengesi. Eşzamanlı hareketlerle oyunlar: Karışık Stratejiler. Toplu aksiyon oyunları. Sıralı hareketlerle oyunlar. Alt oyun mükemmel dengesi. Eşzamanlı ve sıralı hareketleri birleştiriyor. Strateji ve oylama. Pazarlık. Piyasalar ve rekabet.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.use game theory concepts correctly
2.construct simple models involving strategic interaction
3. relate real-life situations to the formal games seen in class
4.İstenilen sosyal sonuçları elde etmek için oyunun kurallarında basit değişiklikler önerebilir
5.Understanding the relationship between markets and competition
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Avinash Dixit and Susan Skeath, Games of Strategy, Norton, 2004
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction
Week 2 - Theoretical
Games with simultaneous moves: pure strategies, Nash equilibrium
Week 3 - Theoretical
Games with simultaneous moves: pure strategies, dominant strategy equilibrium
Week 4 - Theoretical
Games with simultaneous moves: mixed strategies
Week 5 - Theoretical
Games with simultaneous moves: mixed strategies
Week 6 - Theoretical
Collective action games
Week 7 - Theoretical
Toplu aksiyon oyunları
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Mid-term
Week 9 - Theoretical
Games with sequential moves
Week 10 - Theoretical
Games with sequential moves: Subgame Perfect Equilibrium
Week 11 - Theoretical
Combining simultaneous and sequential moves
Week 12 - Theoretical
Strategy and voting
Week 13 - Theoretical
Bargaining
Week 14 - Theoretical
Markets and competition
Week 15 - Theoretical
Review
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Individual Work72228
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination115116
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
OÇ-1
3
4
5
4
3
4
3
5
3
OÇ-2
4
3
4
5
4
3
3
4
4
OÇ-3
5
4
3
3
4
4
3
4
5
OÇ-4
5
3
3
4
4
3
4
3
4
OÇ-5
4
3
4
3
4
3
4
4
4
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