Courses Bachelor Display 2024-2025

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Course title Thinking Strategically
Course code EBC2082
ECTS credits 6,5
Assessment Whole/Half Grades
Period
Period Start End Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
1 2-9-2024 20-10-2024 X X
Level Intermediate/Advanced
Coordinator Andrés Perea y Monsuwé
For more information: a.perea@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Language of instruction English
Goals
After this course students know the basic concepts of game theory and their applications to economics.
Description
In many situations, economic actors need to make decision while knowing that the final outcome will also depend on the decisions of others. Think, for instance, of competing firms who must choose a price for their product, knowing that their market share will also depend on the prices of the competitors. Such situations are called games, and the actors involved are called players. In order to reach a good decision, it is important for a player to reason about the decisions and motivations of his opponents. In this course you learn how to reason about your opponents in game theoretic situations, and how to use this reasoning to make good decisions. The theory will be applied to various economic situations of interest.
Literature
Andrés Perea: "Epistemic Game Theory: Reasoning and Choice", Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of standard calculus, as taught in the first year of an average program in economics or business. For students from Maastricht: level of QM1 and QM2.
Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) PBL / Lecture / Assignment
Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) Attendance / Participation / Written Exam
Evaluation in previous academic year For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here"
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