Econ 204b // Prof. Dan Friedman
Welcome to Econ 204b
The class meets TuTh 8:00 - 9:45AM in 137 Soc Sci 2. Instructor office hours are Tu-Th 1-2pm and by appointment, in 417 E2.
Announcements
The Final Exam now scheduled for noon Thursday, March 19, in 499 E2.
Section meetings will usually be held Thursdays at 3:30pm, in 499 E2 when the room is available.
Links
For a contrarian view on Bayesian decision theory, see this article by Itzhak Gilboa, Andrew Postlewaite, and David Schmeidler.
For the Monty Hall 3 Door story, click here.
For Gambit, the definitive software for solving games, click here.
For a user's manual on evolutionary game theory, click here.
For an example of evolutionary games applied to an international trade issue, click here.
Readings // All // //
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FinAK // Posted on 2009-03-25
- answer key to the final exam
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AK-HW4 // Posted on 2009-03-14
- Answer Key to the fourth and final homework problem set.
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AK3 // Posted on 2009-03-10
- An unedited version of the answer key to PS 3, plus a few sticky notes from Dan. Thanks to Juan Carlos and to Huseyin for their time and effort!
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HW4 // Posted on 2009-03-02
- Last homework assignment, due March 12
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McGinty // Posted on 2009-02-25
- A forthcoming paper applying EvGames and differentiated goods Cournot to an issue in environmental policy.
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HW3 // Posted on 2009-02-18
- Third Homework Assignment, due March 3.
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MT AK // Posted on 2009-02-16
- Answers to the midterm exam questions
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mtPPak // Posted on 2009-02-11
- solutions to practice problems for the midterm
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HW2-answers // Posted on 2009-02-10
- answers to Problem Set 2, Part I questions, updated.
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MT pp // Posted on 2009-02-02
- Practice problems for the midterm exam, from last year's exam. Here's an additional problem to try, not on last year's exam. (a) Write out a 2 player EFG in which A is unsure whether B is a Republican. (b) Write out another 2 player EFG in which B is unsure of whether A believes that B is a Republican.
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HW1-1.2ws // Posted on 2009-01-28
- HW1 solutions: excel file for problem 2
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HW1-1345 // Posted on 2009-01-28
- HW1 solutions: pdf for problems 1, 3,4,5
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HW1-prob 4 ws // Posted on 2009-01-28
- HW1 solutions: excel file supplement for problem 4
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HW2 // Posted on 2009-01-19
- Second Homework Assignment, due February 3.
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Syllabus // Posted on 2009-01-19
- This is the updated class syllabus for Winter 2009
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HW1 // Posted on 2008-12-21
- First Homework Assignment, due January 20
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