Week 1
Topics:
- Introduction, science, theory, model building
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Week 2
Topics:
- Rational choice models, rationality, utility, expected utility, risk.
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Weeks 3-5
Topics:
- Strategic Form Games
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Week 6
Topics:
- Mixed strategy Nash equilibria
Lectures:
Weeks 7-9
Topics:
- Extensive form games. Nash equilibria, subgame perfect Nash equilibria, backward induction, credible threats, combining extensive and strategic form games.
Lectures:
Week 10
Topics:
- Social choice theory, Condorcet’s paradox, Arrow’s theorem, median voter theorem, chaso theorem.
Lectures:
Week 11
Topics:
- More spatial models — veto player theory, government formation, courts.
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Week 12
Topics:
- Selectorate Theory
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Weeks 13-15
Topics:
- Incomplete information games
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