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Games People Play: Game Theory in Life, Business, and Beyond

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Learn how to apply the precepts of game theory to help you make better decisions at work, home, or anywhere with this highly useful course taught by an award-winning professor.

Syllabus

  • 01: The World of Game Theory
  • 02: The Nature of the Game
  • 03: The Real Life Chessboard-Sequential Games
  • 04: Life's Little Games-The 2 x 2 Classic Games
  • 05: Guessing Right-Simultaneous Move Games
  • 06: Practical Applications of Game Theory
  • 07: A Random Walk-Dealing with Chance Events
  • 08: Pure Competition-Constant-Sum Games
  • 09: Mixed Strategies and Nonzero-Sum Games
  • 10: Threats, Promises, and Commitments
  • 11: Credibility, Deterrence, and Compellence
  • 12: Incomplete and Imperfect Information
  • 13: Whom Can You Trust?-Signaling and Screening
  • 14: Encouraging Productivity-Incentive Schemes
  • 15: The Persistence of Memory-Repeated Games
  • 16: Does This Stuff Really Work?
  • 17: The Tragedy of the Commons
  • 18: Games in Motion-Evolutionary Game Theory
  • 19: Game Theory and Economics-Oligopolies
  • 20: Voting-Determining the Will of the People
  • 21: Auctions and the Winner's Curse
  • 22: Bargaining and Cooperative Games
  • 23: Game Theory and Business-Co-opetition
  • 24: All the World's a Game
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Scott P. Stevens

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