Econ 204b // Prof. Dan Friedman
Welcome to Econ 204b
The class meets in 167 Soc Sci II, Tu Th 10-11:45 am.
The final exam has been rescheduled. It will be held 5-8pm Sunday March 16, in the conference room, E499.
A review session was held 2-3:30pm Friday March 14, also in the conference room.
For the Monty Hall 3 Door paper, click here.
For Gambit, the definitive software for solving games, click here.
For a user's manual on evolutionary game theory, click here.
Readings // All // //
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AK--Final Exam // Posted on 2008-03-19
- The answer key to the final exam
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Final Exam // Posted on 2008-03-19
- The final exam
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AK for final PPs // Posted on 2008-03-15
- Answers, hints and comments for the last set of practice problems.
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AK-HW4 // Posted on 2008-03-13
- Answer key for the last problem set
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practice probs for final // Posted on 2008-03-12
- The problems in this file are a sample of actual problems used on final exams for this class in previous years. The number of problems and their level of difficulty is representative but, of course, not all possible topics are represented in this sample.
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HW3-ak // Posted on 2008-03-04
- Answer Key to problem set #3
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Dixit-Stiglitz technology // Posted on 2008-03-03
- This idiosyncratic article discusses the use of Dixit-Stiglitz functions to represent technology in macro growth models, and disputes the standard interpretations. It has lots of cites to the literature that employs Dixit-Stiglitz functions.
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HW#4 // Posted on 2008-02-27
- Due on the last day of class...
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MT AK // Posted on 2008-02-19
- Answer key for Midterm Exam
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Pollution and Trade Evolutionary Games // Posted on 2008-02-19
- An interesting analysis of trade and pollution policy by an alum of our PhD program. The paper is under review at a leading journal.
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HW #3 // Posted on 2008-02-18
- Due Thurs Feb 28
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AK-Midterm PPs // Posted on 2008-02-12
- Answer Key to Midterm Practice Problems
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Practice Problems for Midterm Exam // Posted on 2008-02-05
- See how much you can do in 1.5 hours ! Solutions will be posted next week.
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hw2-AK // Posted on 2008-02-04
- answer key to second homework assignment
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Brandenburger 1992 // Posted on 2008-01-28
- A readable essay on Nash, correlated and rationalizable equilibria
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hw1-AK // Posted on 2008-01-24
- answer key to first homework assignment
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HW2 // Posted on 2008-01-18
- Second Homework Assignment, due January 31.
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Tractable Model of Altruism // Posted on 2008-01-08
- This paper estimates state-dependent utility functions
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HW1 // Posted on 2008-01-07
- First Homework Assignment, due January 22.
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Syllabus // Posted on 2007-12-08
- This is the tentative class syllabus for Winter 2008
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