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14.12 | Fall 2025 | Undergraduate

# Economic Applications of Game Theory

Lecture # | Topic | Key Dates
--- | --- | ---
1 | Introduction to Individual Decision-Making |
2 | Representation of Games |
3 | Dominance | Complete problem set #1 Comprehension quiz #1 in recitation
4 | Rationalizability |
5 | Nash Equilibrium |
6 | Imperfect Competition |
7 | Zero-Sum Games | Complete problem set #2 Comprehension quiz #2 in recitation
8 | Backward Induction |
9 | Negotiation | Complete problem set #3 Comprehension quiz #3 in recitation
10 | Subgame-Perfect Nash Equilibrium |
11 | One-Shot Deviation Principle and Bargaining | Complete problem set #4 Comprehension quiz #4 in recitation
12 | Finitely Repeated Games |
13 | Infinitely Repeated Games | Complete problem set #5 Comprehension quiz #5 in recitation
14 | Folk Theorem |
15 | Implicit Cartels | Complete problem set #6 Comprehension quiz #6 in recitation
| Midterm Exam |
16 | Bayesian Games |
17 | Bayesian Nash Equilibrium: Applications |
18 | Auctions | Complete problem set #7 Comprehension quiz #7 in recitation
19 | Revenue Equivalence | Complete problem set #8 Comprehension quiz #8 in recitation
20 | Ad Auctions |
21 | Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium | Complete problem set #9 Comprehension quiz #9 in recitation
22 | Signaling |
23 | Bargaining with Incomplete Information |
24 | Cheap Talk | Complete problem set #10 Comprehension quiz #10 in recitation
25 | Common Knowledge |
| Final Exam |

## Course Info

### Instructor

- Prof. Ian Ball

### Departments

- Economics

### As Taught In

Fall 2025

### Level

Undergraduate

### Topics

- Social Science
  - Economics
  - Game Theory

### Learning Resource Types

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