Sumários

Games with incomplete information

16 Maio 2016, 20:00 José Pedro Pontes

Definition of games with incomplete information.

Solution procedure: the "Harsanyi transformation".

The Bayesian Nash equillibrium.

The Bayesian Nash equilibrium and the mixed strategy equilibrium in complete information games.


Dynamic games

9 Maio 2016, 20:00 José Pedro Pontes

The extensive form in dynamic games.

The concept of perfect equilibrium.

Computation of perfect equilbirium:

a) "Trembling Hand" equilibirium.

b) Backward induction.

c) Subgame perfect equilbirium.


Supermodular games

2 Maio 2016, 20:00 José Pedro Pontes

Supermodular games --conclusion.


Supermodular games

18 Abril 2016, 20:00 José Pedro Pontes

The properties of supermodular games:

1) Existence of Nash equilbira in pure strategies.

2) Equilibria are monotonic functions of parameter values (comparative static properties).


Topics in Nash equilibrium

11 Abril 2016, 20:00 José Pedro Pontes

Topics in Nash equilibirum:

1) Symmetric games.

2) Classification of 2X2 games.

3) Games with multiple Nash equilbria: selection procedures:

3a) Focal points

3b) Risk dominance.