ECON 803 Microeconomic Theory II - Fall 2016

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Assignments

Assignments will usually be posted on Tuesdays and due a week later in class.

Due Date Topic
Assignment 1 (with soln) 09/20 Expected utility theory; continuity and independence axioms
Assignment 2 (with soln) 09/27 Independence axiom; risk attitudes
Assignment 3 (with soln) 10/04 Resolving Allais paradox; evolution of risk attitudes
Assignment 4 (with soln) 10/11 Choice under risk; stochastic dominance
Assignment 5 (with soln) 10/18 Choice under risk; stochastic dominance; biology and time preference
Assignment 6 (with soln) 10/25 Representations of games
Assignment 7 (with soln) 11/08 Common knowledge; strategic dominance; Nash equilibrium
Assignment 8 (with soln) 11/15 Harsanyi's purification; Bayesian Nash equilibrium
Assignment 9 (with soln) 11/22 Subgame perfection; trembling hand perfection
Assignment 10 (with soln) 11/29 Weak perfect Bayesian equilibrium; sequential equilibrium