The solution files in the table below only provide answers for some of the problems in the assignments. All solutions are provided courtesy of Alexandre Debs.
Required Texts
Gibbons, Robert. Game Theory for Applied Economists. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992. ISBN: 9780691003955.
Morrow, James D. Game Theory for Political Scientists. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780691034300.
LEC # | TOPICS | ASSIGNMENTS | SOLUTIONS |
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I. Games of Complete Information |
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1 |
Normal Form Games I |
Assignment 1 Gibbons. Problems 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3. Morrow. Exercise 4.1, and 4.2. p. 79, and 81. |
Solutions (PDF) |
2 |
Normal Form Games II |
Assignment 2 Gibbons. Problems 1.10, 1.12, and 1.5. Morrow. Exercise 4.6. p. 88. |
Solutions (PDF) |
3 |
Normal Form Games III |
Assignment 3 Gibbons. Problems 1.13, and 1.6. Morrow. Exercises 4.11, and 4.12. pp. 107-108. |
Solutions (PDF) |
4 |
Normal Form Games IV |
Assignment 4 Gibbons. Problems 1.8, and 2.1. Morrow. Exercise 5.1. p. 126. Note: You must read section 2.1 of Gibbons and pages 121-128 of Morrow to do the problems on "backward induction" |
Solutions (PDF) |
5 |
Extensive Form Games I |
Assignment 5 (PDF) |
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6 |
Extensive Form Games II |
Assignment 6 Gibbons. Problems 2.4, and 2.6. Morrow. Exercise 5.2. p. 130. |
Solutions (PDF) |
7 |
Extensive Form Games III |
Assignment 7 Gibbons. Problems 2.3, and 2.21. Morrow. Exercises 5.10, and 5.12. p. 147, and 151. |
Solutions (PDF) |
8 |
Repeated Games |
Assignment 8 Gibbons. Problem 2.9. Morrow. Exercises 5.7, and 5.8. p. 143, and 144. |
Solutions (PDF) |
II. Games of Incomplete Information |
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9 |
Normal Form Games |
Assignment 9 Gibbons. Problems 2.11, 2.13, and 2.15. Morrow. Exercises 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3. p. 270 and 274. |
Solutions (PDF) |
10 |
Extensive Form Games I |
Assignment 10 Gibbons. Problems 3.2, 3.4, and 3.6. |
Solutions (PDF) |
11 |
Extensive Form Games II |
Assignment 11 Gibbons. Problems 4.1, 4.2, and 4.9. |
Solutions (PDF) |
12 |
Extensive Form Games III |