ECON 414
ECON 414: Game Theory
Spring 2026


Section 0101: MWF, 11:00am - 11:50am (TYD 2106)
Section 0201: MWF, noon - 12:50pm (TYD 2106)


Professor: Peter Coughlin (Contact Information)
Undergrad TA: Ella Murthy
Undergrad TA: Ryan Poray (rporay@terpmail.umd.edu)

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 assuming 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 Equilibria in Continuous Games;
Randomized Strategies;
Solving Sequential Games;
Incomplete Information;
Signaling;
Cheap Talk;
Repeated Games;