COURSE NUMBER: EWMBA 211-1

COURSE TITLE:  Game Theory

UNITS OF CREDIT:  2 Units

INSTRUCTOR:  Felix Vardy

E-MAIL ADDRESS: fvardy@haas.berkeley.edu

CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION (HTTP URL):

MEETING DAY(S)/TIME:  Wednesdays, 6:00-9:30PM

PREREQUISITE(S):  EWMBA Core Curriuculum

CLASS FORMAT: The class is comprised of lectures, discussion, and in-class experiments.

REQUIRED READINGS: The course will have a course reader, use the book The Art of Strategy, by Dixit and Nalebuff.

BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE: TBD

ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:  
This course is a survey of the main ideas and techniques of game-theoretic analysis related to conflict and negotiation. As such, the course emphasizes the identification and analysis of archetypal strategic situations. The goals of the course are to provide students with a foundation to:

(i) Recognize and assess archetypal strategic situations in complicated settings.
(ii) Apply game-theoretic analysis, both formally and intuitively, to business situations.
(iii) Feel comfortable in the process of strategic thinking.

The course has a strong experiential component. Students will repeatedly participate in a variety of experiments thereby developing the ability to translate their analyses into practice.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Before joining Haas this Fall, Felix Vardy worked in various capacities at the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Netherlands Competition Authority. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton.