H: Game Theory and the Social Sciences

Catalog description

Prerequisite: Honors students or permission of the instructor. This course is an introduction to game theory and its application to social sciences. Main focus is developing the basic tools for game-theoretic modeling and analysis through lectures and exercises and putting these tools to work by applying them to issues that arise in many diverse areas of the social sciences. The ultimate purpose is to enable the students to understand various social phenomena as logical outcomes of individually rational and strategically motivated choices. Students taking or who have taken ECN 494/694/794, S.T. Game Theory and Business Strategy are not permitted to take this course.