Faculty of Business Studies and Economics

Game theory

The lecture "Game Theory" is supervised via OLAT. Lecture and exercise materials are made available there. News and schedule changes will also be announced in OLAT. The password for the OLAT course is: BesteAntwortSS24. Click here for the game theory course in OLAT.

General information

Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Philipp Weinschenk

Semester

Summer term

Date / Room 

Lecture:

Due to Professor Weinschenk's research semester in SS24, the lecture will only be offered in the form of videos, which will be made available in the OLAT course.

Excercise:

Wed 10:00 - 11:30 / 42-321 ( on five dates that will be announced via OLAT)

Tutorials:

Wed 15:30 - 17:00 / 42-133

Module number

WIW-VWL-SPT-V-1 (Lecture)

WIW-VWL-SPT-U-1 (Excercise)

CP

6

Language

German

KIS

Link

OLAT

Link

Module manual

Link

Content

  •     Normal form games with complete information
  •     Normal form games with incomplete information
  •     Extensive form games with complete information
  •     Extensive form games with incomplete information
  •     Application examples

Competences and intended learning outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

  •     discuss game theoretical results.
  •     apply game theoretical models.
  •     illustrate decision situations using game theory.
  •     recognise game-theoretical decision-making situations.
  •     formulate solution concepts based on game theory.
  •     transfer model-theoretical considerations to real-life problems.
  •     reconstruct strategic interaction situations using game theory.
  •     propose solution concepts for strategic decision-making situations.
  •     argue on the basis of game theoretical considerations.