Microeconomic Analysis

 

 
     

Lecturer:

Dr. Thomas Riechmann

Time:

Monday 01.15-02.45 p.m., building 22A - 112

Thursday 09.15-10.45 a.m., building 10- 110

Exercise course :

Wednesday 05.15-06.45 p.m., building 10-110

  

Outline:

The course will deal with topics in game
theory and information economics.

Documents:

    

Information/Explanations:

 

    

Date

Topic

File
2005/xx/xx Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium PDF
2005/xx/xx Continuous Strategies PDF
2005/xx/xx Repeated Games / Finite Automata PDF
2005/xx/xx Somes Cournotish Things (and Stackelbaby too!) PDF
2005/xx/xx

Hm, how do you get from difference- to differential replicator equations??

PDF

Problem Sets:

 

    

Date

Topic

File
2005/xx/xx something about dominant and dominated strategies PDF
2005/xx/xx some more dominance, Nash equilibria PDF
2005/xx/xx sequential games PDF
2005/xx/xx properness PDF
2005/xx/xx

Bayesian equilibria (Solutions)

 PDF
     

Literature:

    

Part 0: Repetition

If you want to revise some of your intermediate microeconomic stuff (and this is what you will want to do), it might be a good idea to have a look (or more) into one (or more) of the following books:

Hal R. Varian "Intermediate Microeconomics", 6th edition, New York, London (Norton) 2003
Brian R. Binger / Elizabeth Hoffman "Microeconomics with Calculus", 2nd edition Reading/Mass. et. al. (Addison Wesley) 1998

Part 1: Game Theory

There are various good books on game theory, so just choose one or two:

Drew Fudenberg/ Jean Tirole "Game Theory", Harvard/Mass. (MIT Press) 1991
This is really the book on game theory. Everybody cites it, some read it, few understand it.
Ken Binmore "Fun and Games"
Just what the title says: Fun (and some games, too).
Eric Rasmusen "Games and Information"
covers some information economics, too. Sometimes a little brief, but nevertheless a good choice as a "second" book in game theory.

A lot of game theory is also covered by the books by Kreps and by Mas-Colell et.al. given under Part 2

Part 2: Information Economics

Andreu Mas-Colell / Michel D. Whinston / Jerry R. Green "Microeconomic Theory", Oxford/UK et.al. (Oxford University Press) 1995

David M. Kreps "A Course in Microeconomic Theory", Princeton/New Jersey (Princeton University Press) 1990
Hal R. Varian "Microeconomic Analysis", 3rd edition, New York, London (Norton) 1992

Geoffrey A. Jehle / Philip J. Reny "Advanced Microeconomic Theory", 2nd edition, Boston et.al (Addison Wesley) 2001

Jack Hirshleifer / John G. Riley "The Analysis of Uncertainty and Information", Cambridge, UK (Cambridge University Press) 1992

Jean-Jacques Laffont / David Martimort "The Theory of Incentives - The Principal-Agent Model", Princeton, NJ (Princeton University Press) 2002

     

Past Exams:

  Summer 2003 (PDF)
Summer 2004 (PDF)