Instructor

• Dr. Julie Swann
  phone: (404) 385-3054; fax: (404) 894-0390; office Groseclose 411
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  Office Hours by appointment

• TA: Anju Bhandari, anti-spam email link
  Office hours in Groseclose 303
  Hours: Wed 10am -12; other hours by appointment
  

Sections:

• Miscellaneous
• Lecture Notes
• Assignments
• 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. If you are sitting in, request to be added.
• VIDEO STUDENTS: you must check your gt address for email announcements.
• Please write your last name first (comma) 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 (1/8):
    • An Introduction to the class
    • Classroom Game Instructions
  • Lecture 2 (1/10): Intro to Game Theory
• Duopoly Models
  • Lecture 3 (1/15): Cournot, Bertrand
  • Lecture 4 (1/17): Stackelberg, Multistage games w/ classroom exercise
  • Lecture 5 (1/22): Stackelberg example (no slides)
• General Multistage Games with Complete Information
  • [Multistage and repeated games are in Gibbons Chapter 2]
  • Lecture 6 (1/24): Stackelberg and Multistage continued
  • Lecture 7 (1/29): Extensive form games and Repeated games
  • Lecture 8 (1/31): Finitely repeated games (cont) and Infinite games
  • Lecture 9 (2/5): Infinite games (cont) and Friedman's
  • Lecture 10 (2/7): Infinite game examples
• Supply Chain applications of Multistage games with complete information
  • Lecture 11 (2/7, 2/9, 2/19): Supply Chain Coordination Part I
  • Lecture 12 (2/21, 2/26): Supply Chain Coordination Part II with handouts on Newsvendor and Leibniz Rule
  • Lecture 13 (2/29, 3/4, 3/6): Supply Chain with Promotions
  • Lecture 14 (3/13): Leadtime applications in supply chains
• Bayesian Games with Incomplete Information
  • Lecture 14 (3/11, 3/25): Intro to Static Bayesian games
  • Lecture 15 (3/27): Bayesian auction applications
  • Lecture (4/8): Dynamic Bayesian games Intro and Signaling
  • Lecture (4/10): Signaling and Principal Agent Models
  • Lecture (4/15): Principal Agent Part 2
• Pricing (no additional lectures this year)
• Other Guest Lectures
  • Thurs 4/17: (Principal Agent cont) and 3 Student Lectures
  • Tues 4/22 : 4 Student Lectures
  • Thurs 4/24: Part I (1 Student Lecture) and Part II (Ms. Jessica Heier on games in networks)
    

Assignments

• Homework 1 due Thurs Jan 24
• Homework 2 due Thurs Feb 7 (extended to Fri Feb 8 at 3pm)
• Homework 3 on supply chains
• Homework 4 on Static Bayesian Games (FOR BONUS)
• Homework 5 on Dynamic Bayesian Games/Principal Agent Models (FOR BONUS)

Exams

• Exam 1 is Thursday Feb 14, 2008
• Exam 2 is Thursday April 3, 2008 (Practice Exams given in class)
• Final Exam is Wednesday April 30 11:30 - 2:20pm

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