Econ 51: Economic Analysis II
Stanford University, Fall 2025 | Instructor: Christopher Makler | Syllabus | Canvas Page
Week 1: Trading from an Endowment
Wednesday, September 23
Friday, September 25
Sunday, September 27
Problem Set 1 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)
Week 2: Exchange Economies
Wednesday, September 30
Friday, October 2
Sunday, October 4
Problem Set 2 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)
Week 3: Comparative Advantage
Wednesday, October 7
Friday, October 9
Lecture 6: Incomplete Specialization
Sunday, October 11
Problem Set 3 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)
Tuesday, October 13
Checkpoint 1: Gains from Trade (weeks 1-3)
Week 4: Analyzing a Game from a Player's Perspective
Wednesday, October 14
Lecture 7: Introduction to Game Theory
Friday, October 16
Lecture 8: Dominance, Best Response, and Rationalizability
Sunday, October 18
Problem Set 4 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)
Week 5: Static Games of Complete Information
Wednesday, October 21
Lecture 9: Nash Equilibrium
Friday, October 23
Lecture 10: Application: Oligopoly
Sunday, October 25
Problem Set 5 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)
Week 6: Dynamic Games of Complete Information
Wednesday, October 28
Lecture 11: Extensive-Form Games and Subgame Perfection
Friday, October 30
Lecture 12: Repeated Games and Collusion
Sunday, November 1
Problem Set 6 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)
Tuesday, November 3
Checkpoint 2: Games of Complete Information (weeks 4-6)
Week 7: Static Games of Incomplete Information
Friday, November 6
Lecture 13: Bayes Nash Equilibrium and Auctions
Sunday, November 8
Problem Set 7 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)
Week 8: Dynamic Games of Incomplete Information
Wednesday, November 11
Lecture 14: Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium
Friday, November 13
Lecture 15: Signaling
Sunday, November 15
Problem Set 8 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)
Tuesday, November 17
Checkpoint 3: Games of Incomplete Information (weeks 7-8)
Week 9: The Principal-Agent Model
Wednesday, November 18
Friday, November 20
Sunday, November 29
Problem Set 9 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)
Week 10: Mechanism Design II
Wednesday, December 2
Friday, December 4
Sunday, December 6
Problem Set 10 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)