15754 - Game Theory

Academic Year 2019/2020

  • Docente: Emilio Calvano
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: SECS-P/01
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and management (cod. 9203)

Learning outcomes

the aim of this course is to introduce students to strategic reasoning through a formal training in game theory and a parallel set of lectures on applications to competition policy. Specifically, we will formally introduce the basic ingredients of non cooperative games and a number of equilibrium concepts used to solve them. These will be applied to studying strategic interaction among firms and to design incentive schemes to achieve a number of basic public policy goals.

Course contents

The course is divided in two parallel modules - one theoretical and the other applied with a brief introduction to experimental methods.

Readings/Bibliography

Course material consists in powerpoint slides and lecture notes posted on the web. A reference textbook will be provided.

Teaching methods

Lectures and tutorial sessions will go in parallel on a weekly basis.

Assessment methods

Written exam.

Office hours

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