Game Theory studies of interactions between people, corporations, institutions, or countries in which each player recognizes their strategic interdependence with the other players in the game. Many economic decisions in the real world have such strategic interdependence. This course uses game theory as the fundamental concept to examine the economic incentives in real-world applications, e.g., climate change, political elections, business strategy, management-labor relations etc. 3 undergraduate credit hours
This course counts as hours in the economics major (it will be adjusted on the DARS for students declared in the economics major) ~ it will not count as independent study credit.
Prerequisites (Recommended):
ECON 102 (Microeconomic Principles)
ECON 103 (Macroeconomic Principles)
MATH 220 or MATH 221 (Calculus 1)
Faculty Teaching the Course:
This course is taught by the below faculty ~ you may click on their name to view their website with additional information. Please check the Course Explorer or Enterprise/Self-Service to see what section they will be teaching (teaching schedules vary by semester).
Jose Vazquez
Bei Yang
Past Course Syllabi:
The following syllabi are from past semesters and should only be used as a guide for the information covered in the course and general structure of the course. The instructors have the right to change the course for upcoming semesters~ please refer to the syllabus they distribute the first day of class.
Econ 199 Intro to Game Theory and Economic Incentives Jose Vazquez Past Syllabus
*We do not have a past syllabus for Bei Yang ~ his course will not follow the same syllabus as Jose Vazquez
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See when the course is offered in upcoming semesters and all the section details:
https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/terms/ECON/199
Section Information:
Restrictions will be lifted after priority registration so all students may register for any open seats. No overrides will be provided (students should contact the LLC if they are having problems with registration to ensure they have the student attribute).
