ECON 414
ECON 414: Game Theory
Spring 2026


Section 0101: MWF, noon - 12:50pm (TYD 2106)
Section 0201: MWF, 1:00pm - 1:50pm (TYD 2106)


Professor: Peter Coughlin (Contact Information)
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Sarah Webb (Contact Information)
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant: Megan Cha (Contact Information)
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant: Collin Pham (Contact Information)

Syllabus

Tentative Exam Schedule

Topics:
Introduction to Strategic Reasoning;
Building a Model of a Strategic Situation;
Solving a Game using the Assumption that Players are Rational, without assumung that Beliefs are Accurate;
Solving a Game using the Assumption that Players are Rational and the Assumption that Beliefs are Accurate;
Nash Equilibrium in Discrete Games with Two or Three Players;
Nash Equilibrium in Discrete n-Player Games;
Nash Equilibria in Continuous Games;
Randomized Strategies;
Solving Sequential Games