Postgraduate Course: Information and Strategic Behaviour (ECNM11040)
Course Outline
| School | School of Economics |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course aims to provide students who are already familiar with basic concepts of game theory with a deep understanding of the interaction between information & especially asymmetric information & and strategic interaction among people. As this topic lies at the heart of the intersection between the disciplines of informatics and economics, it is perfectly suited for the specialism.
This is the PG version of the UG course ECNM10013 - Economics of Strategic Behaviour. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Please contact the Economics PG Office to request a place on this course. (email sgpe@ed.ac.uk or tel 51 1764) |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Summative Assessment Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
173 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
20% take-home exam, plus 80% two-hour degree exam in April/May. |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
To learn how to frame strategic situations where people hold different information as Bayesian games.
To learn how to solve Bayesian games using the solution concepts of Bayesian Nash and Perfect Bayesian Equilibria.
To learn how to evaluate the efficiency of trading mechanisms.
To become familiar with the issues surrounding strategic communication.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ed Hopkins
Tel: (0131 6)50 3061
Email: Ed.Hopkins@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sophie Bryan
Tel: (0131 6)51 1764
Email: Sophie.Bryan@ed.ac.uk |
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