In the course we cover
1. (MM) T. Schelling: Micromotives and Macrobehavior, 1978,
W. W. Norton and Company.
2. (SC) T. Schelling: The Strategy of Conflict, 1980, Harvard
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
These are required reading and the exam (17.1.2011 at 8 – 10, PR (Main Building), room 5) is based on both the books and the lectures.
Course outline:
Lecture -1. Some basics of game theory: Normal form games.
Lecture 0. Some basics of game theory: Sequential form
games.
Lecture 1. Chapters 1 in MM.
Lecture 2. Chapters 2-3 in MM.
Lecture 3. Chapter 4 in MM.
Lecture 4. Chapter 5 in MM.
Lecture 5. Chapters 6-7 in MM.
Lecture 6. Chapter 1 in SC.
Lecture 7. Chapter 2 in SC.
Lecture 8. Chapter 3 in SC.
Lecture 9. Chapter 4 in SC.
Lecture 10. Modern formulations of some of the preceding
ideas.
- schelling-10slides.pdf (pdf, 169 KB)
- schelling-11slides.pdf (pdf, 120 KB)
- schelling-1slides.pdf (pdf, 167 KB)
- schelling-2slidescorrected.pdf (pdf, 133 KB)
- schelling-3slides.pdf (pdf, 211 KB)
- schelling-4slides.pdf (pdf, 162 KB)
- schelling-5slides.pdf (pdf, 135 KB)
- schelling-6slides.pdf (pdf, 148 KB)
- schelling-7slides.pdf (pdf, 145 KB)
- schelling-8slides.pdf (pdf, 147 KB)
- schelling-9slides.pdf (pdf, 125 KB)