Department of Economics

ECON 212 FC

GAME THEORY AND ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS

2013 Home Page

This web site contains links to a number of documents relevant for this course. This page will be permanently under construction. You should advise me in class or by email if this site doesn't work properly. What information is available will largely be in the form of pdf files. Such files can be viewed (and printed) using the freely available Adobe Acrobat Viewer.


Course Outline

Lecture Notes


Lecturers, Tutors, Office Hours

Classes are on Tuesday 2:00 to 3:00 in Clock Tower south Wing Room 39, Wednesday 8:00 to 9:00 (Sorry. Not my most preferred option either) in Science Centre Room 101, and Friday from 11:00 to 12:00  in Conference Centre Building Room 348.  The lecturer is Associate Professor John Hillas.  His office is Room 6111 in the Owen G Glenn Building.  His office hours are Wednesday 10:00 am to 10:50 and Thursday 11:00 am to 11:50.  He will also this year be taking all the tutorials.

Tutorials

There will be 3 tutorials.  Tutorials will start in the second week of the semester.  The tutorial times and locations are

Mon 1:00 pm, Arts 1, Room 217  

Wed 1:00 pm, Owen G Glenn Building, Room 319

Fri 12 noon, North Wing Human Sciences Building, Room 211

Readings and Problems

Each class through the semester there are some readings or problems for you to read before class and some problems to do after class.  Some of the problems given for you to do after each class will be covered in the tutorials of the following week.  Answers to problems will not be provided until after the tutorials in which they are covered.  The idea in this course is very much that you should do the problems yourself, and if you are having difficulty in doing any of the problems that you be able to articulate your difficulties and get help in the tutorials.

 

Class on

Before Class

After Class

Selected Answers

5 March

 Read Chapter 1 of the Course Book

Look on Wikipedia for information about

James Waldegrave, Nicolas Bernoulli, and Emile Borel

6 March

Look at Paul Walker’s Chronology of Game Theory

Look on Wikipedia for information about

John von Neumann, Oskar Morgenstern, Ernst Zermelo.  Problem set 1.

8 March

Look at Paul Walker’s Chronology of Game Theory 

Powerpoint for Historical Introduction

Look on Wikipedia for information about

John Nash, Robert Aumann, Llyod Shapley, and Al Roth.  Problem Set 2

Answers Problem Sets 1 and 2.

12 March

Read Chapter 2 Sections 1 to 3

Problem Set 3

13 March

Read Chapter 2 Sections 1 to 5 Problem Set 4a

Problem Set 4b

15 March

Read Chapter 3 Sections 1 to 2 Problem Set 5a

Problem Set 5b

Answers Problem Sets 3, 4, and 5.

19 March

Read Chapter 3 Sections 1 to 3.  Look at Problem Set 6.

Problem Set 6

20 March

Read Chapter 4 Sections 1 to 2. Look at Problem Set 7.

Problem Set 7

22 March

Read Chapter 4 Sections 1 to 2. Look at Problem Set 8.

Problem Set 8

Answers Problem Sets 6, 7, and 8.

26 March

Read Chapter 4 Section 3.  Look again at Problem Set 8.

Problem Set 9

27 March

Read Chapter 4 Section 3.  Look again at Problem Set 9.

Problem Set 9

Answers Problem Set 9

3 April

Read Chapter 5 

Problem Set 10

5 April

Chapter 5.

Problem Set 10

Answers Problem Set 10.

9 April

Read Chapter 6

Problem Set 11

Answers Problem Set 11.

10 April

Read Chapter 6

Problem Set 12

Answers Problem Set 12.

12 April

Read Chapter 6.

Problem Set 13

Answers Problem Set 13.

16 April

Read Chapter 7 Sections 1 and 2.

Problem Set 14

Answers Problem Set 14.

17 April

Read Chapter 7 Sections 3 and 4.

Problem Set 15

Answers Problem Set 15

19 April

Revise Problem sets 13, 14 and 15 before class.

Problem Set 16

Answers Problem Set 16

30 April

Read Chapter 7 Sections 3 and 4.

Revise previous problem sets

1 May

Class cancelled due to test

3 May

Read Chapter 7 Sections 5 and 6. 

Problem Set 17

Answers Problem Set 17

7 May

Read Chapter 7 Sections 5 and 6. 

Problem Set 18

Answers Problem Set 18

8 May

Chapter 8

Problem Set 19

Answers Problem Set 19

10 May

Chapter 8

Problem Set 20

Answers Problem Set 20

14 May

Chapter 8

Problem Set 21

Answers Problem Set 21

15 May

Chapter 8

Problem Set 22

Answers Problem Set 22

17 May

Chapter 8

Problem Set 23

Answers Problem Set 23

21 May

Read Chapters 9 and 10.

Problem Set 24

Answers Problem Set 24

22 May

Read Chapter 10

Problem Set 25

Answers Problem Set 25

24 May

Finish Chapter 10.  Start Chapter 11.

Problem Set 26

Answers Problem Set 26

28 May

Finish Chapter 11

Problem Set 27

Answers Problem Set 27

29 May

Finish Chapter 11

Problem Set 28

Answers Problem Set 28

31 May

Read Chapter 12.  Section 1.

Problem Set 29

Answers Problem Set 29

4 June

Finish Chapter 12. Section 1

Problem Set 30

Answers Problem Set 30

5 June

Read Chapter 12.  Section 2.

Problem Set 31

Answers Problem Set 31

7 June

Finish Chapter 12.  .

Problem Set 32

Answers Problem Set 32

 

 

Assignments

As the files become available the links below will actually go somewhere.  Answers will, of course, only become available after the assignment is due, and will then become available very quickly.  For this reason late assignments will not be accepted.) 

Work

Due Date

Close-off Time

Answer

Assignment 1

Wednesday 27 March

4:00 p.m.

Assignment 1 Answers

Assignment 1 Bonus Questions

 

 

 

Assignment 2

Thursday 9 May

4:00 p.m.

Assignment 2 Answers

Assignment 3

Thursday 30 May

4:00 p.m.

Assignment 3 Answers

Test

Wednesday 1 May

6:00 p.m.

Test Answers

 Test

The test is on Wednesday 1 May.  The location of the test will be announced later.   Please go to the Test room allocated by 6:00 p.m.

Previous Years’ Tests and Answers

Only the tests from the years in which I taught the part on the course covered in the test and only the answers that I have available.  Also the coverage will be slightly different since the material covered each year and the date of the test differes from year to year.  The test will cover all material covered in class  up until the end of the week before the test.

2002

 Test

Test Answers

2003

 Test

Test Answers

2005

 Test

Test Answers

2006

 Test

 

2007

 Test

Test Answers

2010

 Test

Test Answers

2011

 Test

Test Answers

2012

 Test

Test Answers

 


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University of Auckland


Last updated: 20 May 2013