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 Groseclose conference room 403
  Hours: every week 11 - 12 on Tuesdays; also 10 - 11 when HW (or exams) due or by request
  

Sections:

• Miscellaneous
• Lecture Notes
• Assignments
• Solutions
• Exams
• Useful Links

Miscellaneous

• (1/15) Syllabus is available.
• (1/15) 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 (1/10):
    • An Introduction
    • Intro to Game Theory (part a)
    • Classroom Game Instructions
  • Lecture 2 (1/12):
    • Part a (cont) and Intro to Game Theory (part b)
• Duopoly Models:
  • Lecture 3: (1/17) Duopoly models
  • Lecture 4: (1/19) Duopoly cont (Stackelberg)
• General Multistage Games with Complete Information
• Lecture 5: (1/24) Multistage games (see Duopoly cont slides)
• Lecture 6: (1/26) Repeated Games
• Lecture 7: (1/31)
  • Repeated Games (cont) and Friedman's Thm (see previous slides)
• Repeated Battle of the Sexes game
  
• Lecture 8: (2/2) Cournot and Wage games, Supply Chain coordination
• Supply Chain applications of Multistage games with complete information
• Lecture 9: (2/7) Supply chain coordination II (see previous slides also)
• Lecture 10: (2/9) Supply Chain II (cont) and Supply Chain III
• Lecture 11: (2/14)
  • Supply Chain IV slides
  • Newsvendor Handout plus Leibnitz Rule on website
• Lecture 12: (2/21)
  • Supply Chain V slides (compliance)
  • Quantity Flexibility Handout
• Lecture 13-14 (2/23):
  • Pricing and Promotions in Automotive
  • Associated paper is here.
• Bayesian Games with Incomplete Information
• Lecture 15 (3/2): Automotive Pricing (cont) and Bayesian Games
• Lecture 16 (3/7): Bayesian Part 2
• Lecture 17 (3/9): Bayesian Part 2 continued and Principal Agent (PA)
• Lecture 18 (3/14):
  • PA slides (cont) and Principal Agent Part 2
  • Handouts on Information and Optimization by request
• Lecture 19 (3/16): Principal Agent 2 (cont) and Adverse Selection
• Lecture 20 (3/28): Dynamic Games with Incomplete Information (e.g., Signaling)
• Lecture 21 (3/30): Dynamic/Incomplete (cont) and Pricing Video
• Pricing
• Lecture 22 (4/6): Pricing Video and Revenue Management
• Lecture 23 (4/11): Revenue Management cont and Pricing
• Lecture 24 (4/13): Pricing cont and Exam Solutions
• Guest Lectures
  • Lecture 25 (4/18): Prof Ergun on Collaborative Logistics
  • Lecture 26 (4/20): Student presentations group 1
  • Lecture 27 (4/25): Prof Castillo on Experimental Economics
  • Lecture 28 (4/27): Student presentations group 2
    

Assignments

• Homework 1 due Thurs Jan 26
• Homework 2 due Thurs Feb 9
• Due to exam date, Supply Chain homework is Practice only (not to turn in).
• Homework 3 (.tex file or .pdf file)due Thurs Mar 9
  • Link to experimental contracting paper is also here
• Homework 4 due Thurs Mar 30
• Due to exam date, Principal Agent homework from last year is for Practice (not to be turned in).
• Homework 5 due Thurs April 27

Solutions

• Solution to Homework 1
• Solution to Homework 2
• Solution to Homework 3
• Solution to Homework 4
• Solution to Homework 5

Exams

• Midterm I is Thurs Feb 16
  • You will be allowed one hand-written sheet (front side only) of a "cheat sheet" to write whatever you want on it.
• Midterm II date is Tues Apr 4.
  • You will be allowed a hand-written sheet (front and back, OR 2 fronts) of a "cheat sheet" to write whatever you want.
• Final Exam Friday May 5, 8:00 am
  • You will be allowed up to 2 pages (front and back) for "cheat sheet" of your own notes.

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