Econ 51
Stanford University | Instructor: Christopher Makler | Syllabus | Canvas Page
Week 1: Trading from an Endowment
Tuesday, September 22
Thursday, September 24
Week 2: Exchange Economies
Tuesday, September 29
Thursday, October 1
Week 3: Comparative Advantage
Tuesday, October 6
Thursday, October 8
Tuesday, October 13
Checkpoint 1: Gains from Trade (weeks 1-3)
Week 4: Introduction to Game Theory
Thursday, October 15
Week 5: Static Games of Complete Information
Tuesday, October 20
Thursday, October 22
Week 6: Dynamic Games of Complete Information
Tuesday, October 27
Thursday, October 29
Wednesday, November 4
Checkpoint 2: Games of Complete Information (weeks 4-6)
Week 7: Static Games of Incomplete Information
Thursday, November 5
Week 8: Dynamic Games of Incomplete Information
Tuesday, November 10
Thursday, November 12
Monday, November 16
Checkpoint 3: Games of Incomplete Information (weeks 7-8)
Week 9: Mechanisms to Incentivize Behavior
Tuesday, November 17
Lecture 15: Incentivizing Effort
Thursday, November 19
Lecture 16: Moral Hazard
Week 10: Mechanisms to Extract Information
Tuesday, December 1
Lecture 18: Price Discrimination
Thursday, December 3
Lecture 19: Matching Mechanisms