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[[Game Theory and Economics]] ([[GMTH]]) is a Economic [[CAA]] course which combines the CTY course of [[Probability and Game Theory]] with economics. It is offered at [[Bristol]] and [[Santa Cruz]] (All Both Sessions). It has a prerequisite of Algebra I.
 
 
 
==Course Description==
 
==Course Description==
  
 
From the CTY Summer Catalog:
 
From the CTY Summer Catalog:
  
Thomas J. Watson, the founder of IBM, once said, “Business is a game—the greatest game in the world if you know how to play it.” In today’s global marketplace, understanding game theory, the branch of mathematics which focuses on the application of strategic reasoning to competitive behavior, is crucial to understanding business and economics.
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IBM founder Thomas J. Watson once said, “Business is a game—the greatest game in the world if you know how to play it.” In today’s global marketplace, understanding game theory—the branch of mathematics that focuses on the application of strategic reasoning to competitive behavior—is key to success in business and economics. This course uses game theory as a framework from which to analyze a variety of real-world economic situations. You’ll analyze simple games to learn how they can be used to model actual situations encountered by entrepreneurs and economists. For example, you’ll apply the concept of Nash equilibria to find the perfect price for a pizza. Through class discussions, activities, research, and mathematical analysis, you and your classmates will acquire an understanding of more complex games and how apply these methods to a variety of economic situations such as auctions and bidding behavior, fair division and profit sharing, monopolies and oligopolies, and bankruptcy.
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In this course, students use game theory as a framework from which to analyze a variety of real-world economic situations. Students begin the course by analyzing simple games, such as two-person, zero-sum games, and learn how these games can be used to model actual situations encountered by entrepreneurs and economists. For instance, students may apply the concept of Nash equilibria to find the optimum strategy for the pricing of pizza in the competition between Domino’s and Pizza Hut.
 
  
As they acquire an understanding of more complex games, students apply these methods to analyze a variety of economic situations, which may include auctions and bidding behavior, fair division and profit sharing, monopolies and oligopolies, and bankruptcy. Through class discussions, activities, research, and mathematical analysis, students learn to predict and understand human behavior in a variety of real-world contexts in business and economics.
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Latest revision as of 14:29, 22 March 2023

Game Theory and Economics
Economics Course
Course CodeGMTH
Year Opened2009
Sites OfferedCGV
Previously OfferedBTH, BRI, HKU, SCZ
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Course Description

From the CTY Summer Catalog:

IBM founder Thomas J. Watson once said, “Business is a game—the greatest game in the world if you know how to play it.” In today’s global marketplace, understanding game theory—the branch of mathematics that focuses on the application of strategic reasoning to competitive behavior—is key to success in business and economics. This course uses game theory as a framework from which to analyze a variety of real-world economic situations. You’ll analyze simple games to learn how they can be used to model actual situations encountered by entrepreneurs and economists. For example, you’ll apply the concept of Nash equilibria to find the perfect price for a pizza. Through class discussions, activities, research, and mathematical analysis, you and your classmates will acquire an understanding of more complex games and how apply these methods to a variety of economic situations such as auctions and bidding behavior, fair division and profit sharing, monopolies and oligopolies, and bankruptcy.