Instructor

• Dr. Julie Swann
  phone: (404) 385-3054; fax: (404) 894-2301, Groseclose 411
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  Office Hours by appointment

• TA: Ray Hagtvedt, anti-spam email link
  Office 312 in Main building
  Office hours held in conference room (343) in Main building
  Hours: every week 11 - 12 on Tuesdays; also 12 - 1 when HW (or exams) due
  

Sections (w/ last update):

• Miscellaneous (1/12)
• Lecture Notes (5/2)
• Assignments (4/24)
• Solutions (4/24)
• Exams (4/5)
• Useful Links (1/12)

Miscellaneous

• (1/10) Syllabus is available.
• (1/10) Pre-course Questions (to be turned in): .doc version
• Bring your namecard to class every day. Incentives may be used to encourage this.
• Mass emails to the class will be sent through an ISyE listserve (which goes to your gt address). Check your email regularly.
• VIDEO STUDENTS: you must check your gt address for email announcements.
• Please write your last name first and then first name on all assignments and exams.

Lectures

• Lectures will be a mix of slides, hand-written notes and exercises!
• Introduction to Game Theory
  • [1st set of material covers chapter 1 in Gibbons or F&T]
  • Lecture 1:
    • An Introduction, 2 slides per page,
    • Intro to Game Theory, 2 slides per page,
    • Classroom Game Instructions (1/10)
• Duopoly Models:
  • Lecture 2: Game Theory (cont), and Duopoly (1/12) + Correction (1/19)
  • Lecture 3: Duopoly cont (1/19)
• Multistage Games
  • [Next set of material covers chapter 2 in Gibbons or 3 and 4 in F&T]
  • Lecture 4: Duopoly cont and Multistage Games (1/24)
• Repeated Games
• [Next set of material includes chapter 2 in Gibbons or 4 and 5 in F&T]
• Lecture 5: Multistage games cont and Repeated Games (1/26)
• Lecture 6: Repeated Games cont (1/31)
• Lecture 7: Friedman, Cournot, Wage (from previous slides) (2/2)
  • Quick Survey about class so far (2/6)
• Games of Incomplete Information
  • [Next set of material includes chapter 3 in Gibbons or 6 in F&T]
  • Lecture 8: Wage (cont from before) and Bayesian games (2/7)
  • Lecture 9: Dynamic Bayesian games (2/25)
• Applications of Games in Supply Chains
  • Lecture 9 cont: Supply chain coordination (2/25)
  • Lecture 10: Supply Chain coordination cont
  • Lecture 11: Supply Chain Part II (& Newsvendor e-handout)
  • Lecture 12: Guest lecture by Professor Mark Ferguson
  • Lecture 13: Supply Chain (Quantity Flexibility) and Turn and Earn (3/9)
  • Lectures 14 - 15: Turn and Earn cont
• Principal Agent Theory
  • Lectures 16 - 17: Principal Agent theory (3/28) SLIDE CORRECTION (4/15)
  • Lectures 18 - 19: Exam 2 Practice and Dental Research (note: we did not get to latter material yet) (4/5)
  • Lecture 21: Adverse Selection (4/14)
• Guest Lecture (20): Experimental Economics by Dr. Marco Castillo (4/14)
• Price Discrimination (April 18, 20)
  • Lecture Notes by Mr. Matt Drake (4/24)
• Guest Lecture (Apr 27): Collaborative Logistics by Dr. Ozlem Ergun (5/2)
• Quick Survey # 2 about topics in class (5/2)
  

Assignments

• Homework 1, due Wed Feb 2 (posted 1/19)
• Homework 2, due Wed Feb 16 (posted 2/7)
• Bayesian HW, BONUS, due Mon Mar 7 (posted 2/25)
• Homework 4 (supply chain), due Mon April 4 (posted 3/14)
• Homework 5 (principal agent), due Wed Apr 27 (posted 4/14)
• BONUS 2 HW (pricing), due FRIDAY APR 29 (posted 4/24) .pdf or .tex version

Solutions

• Homework 1 Solutions (posted 2/25)
• Homework 2 Solutions (posted 3/28)
• Bayesian HW BONUS Solutions (posted 3/30)
• Homework 4 Solutions (posted 4/24)
• Homework 5 Solutions

Exams

• Exam 1 Wed Feb 23
  • Exam 1 Practice Problems (posted 2/25)
• Exam 2 Wed April 6
  • Exam 2 Practice Problems (posted 3/28)
  • Exam 2 Revised Problems and Practice Solutions (posted 4/5)
• Final Exam Tues May 3
  • Final Exam Practice Problems (posted 4/25)

Resources and Links

• My favorite for the best all around game theory resources: www.gametheory.net

• Other web pages that contain classroom games, syllabuses, etc.

  • Charles Holt's game theory and classroom games page

  • Al Roth's game theory and experimental economics page

  • Classroom Expernomics contains games for classroom that are searchable by type

  • David Epstein's combinatorial game theory page

• Academic overview articles

  • Game Theory in Business Applications by Feryal Erhun and Pinar Keskinocak

  • Game Theory in Supply Chain Analysis by Gerard Cachon and Serguei Netessine

  • Supply Chain Coordination with Contracts by Gerard Cachon