Econ 51: Economic Analysis II
Stanford University, Fall 2025 | Instructor: Christopher Makler | Syllabus | Canvas Page
Week 1: Trading from an Endowment
Tuesday, September 23
Thursday, September 25
Saturday, September 27
Problem Set 1 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)
Week 2: Exchange Economies
Tuesday, September 30
Thursday, October 2
Saturday, October 4
Problem Set 2 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)
Week 3: Comparative Advantage
Tuesday, October 7
Thursday, October 9
Lecture 6: Incomplete Specialization
Saturday, October 11
Problem Set 3 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)
Monday, October 13
Checkpoint 1: Gains from Trade (weeks 1-3)
Week 4: Analyzing a Game from a Player's Perspective
Tuesday, October 14
Lecture 7: Introduction to Game Theory
Thursday, October 16
Lecture 8: Dominance, Best Response, and Rationalizability
Saturday, October 18
Problem Set 4 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)
Week 5: Static Games of Complete Information
Tuesday, October 21
Lecture 9: Nash Equilibrium
Thursday, October 23
Lecture 10: Application: Oligopoly
Saturday, October 25
Problem Set 5 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)
Week 6: Dynamic Games of Complete Information
Tuesday, October 28
Lecture 11: Extensive-Form Games and Subgame Perfection
Thursday, October 30
Lecture 12: Repeated Games and Collusion
Saturday, November 1
Problem Set 6 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)
Monday, November 3
Checkpoint 2: Games of Complete Information (weeks 4-6)
Week 7: Static Games of Incomplete Information
Thursday, November 6
Lecture 13: Bayes Nash Equilibrium and Auctions
Saturday, November 8
Problem Set 7 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)
Week 8: Dynamic Games of Incomplete Information
Tuesday, November 11
Lecture 14: Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium
Thursday, November 13
Lecture 15: Signaling
Saturday, November 15
Problem Set 8 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)
Monday, November 17
Checkpoint 3: Games of Incomplete Information (weeks 7-8)
Week 9: Mechanism Design I
Tuesday, November 18
Lecture 16: TBA
Thursday, November 20
Lecture 17: TBA
Saturday, November 29
Problem Set 9 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)
Week 10: Mechanism Design II
Tuesday, December 2
Lecture 18: TBA
Thursday, December 4
Lecture 19: TBA
Saturday, December 6
Problem Set 10 (due
at 11pm on Gradescope)