ECON 3360 Game Theory and Strategic Applications
Game Theory is the subfield of economics focused on strategic decision making in the face of interdependence. The tools of Game Theory have wide ranging applications and have been used to analyze interactions and strategies in politics, biology, sports, war, computer science, philosophy, and virtually all of the social sciences. This course introduces the basic tools of Game Theory and applies them to a wide range of business and economics challenges to train students in the art of thinking strategically. Select topics will include, but are not limited to, Nash equilibrium, dominant and dominated strategies, the sensibility of being unpredictable, the credibility of threats, and the strategic use of information.