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Theory of Strategic Interaction - YBA211
Title: Theory of Strategic Interaction
Guaranteed by: Programme Liberal Arts and Humanities (24-SHVAJ)
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
Actual: from 2022 to 2022
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, MC [HT]
Capacity: unknown / 20 (20)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Ing. Petr Špecián, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Ing. Petr Špecián, Ph.D.
Class: Courses available to incoming students
Annotation -
Last update: Mgr. Lenka Halbichová (08.07.2016)
Is strategic thinking confined to battlefield? Or is it an important part of our everyday lives? The seminar in strategic interaction and decision-making will show the omnipresence of strategic deliberation. We will get acquainted with an approach known in economics as well as other social sciences as "game theory". It will allow us to see the behavior of rational agents like firms, political parties and (at least sometimes) also ourselves from a new angle. Despite the name of the seminar, our interest in games and strategies will not be just theoretical.
Aim of the course
Last update: Mgr. Lenka Halbichová (08.07.2016)

Upon successful completion of the course the students will:

  • recognize the strategic elements of human actions in theory and in practice
  • gain insight into the basics of the game theory
  • have direct experience with strategic dilemmas in simplified experimental form 
Descriptors
Last update: Ing. Petr Špecián, Ph.D. (04.09.2022)

Recommended semester: 4-5

Literature
Last update: Ing. Petr Špecián, Ph.D. (13.06.2019)

Obligatory:

  • Dixit, Avinash K., Nalebuff, Barry. Thinking strategically : the competitive edge in business, politics, and everyday life. : , 1991, 393 s. ISBN 0-393-31035-3.

Syllabus
Last update: Ing. Petr Špecián, Ph.D. (04.09.2022)
  1. Introduction to Strategic Games
  2. Anticipating Your Rival’s Response
  3. Seeing through Your Rival’s Strategy
  4. Resolving the Prisoners’ Dilemma
  5. Strategic Moves
  6. Credible Commitments
  7. Unpredictability
  8. Brinkmanship
  9. Cooperation and Coordination
  10. The Strategy of Voting
  11. Bargaining
  12. Incentives
Course completion requirements
Last update: Ing. Petr Špecián, Ph.D. (04.09.2022)

Minimum for successful completion of the course is 60 points (out of 100).

  • Active participation in the seminars: 30 pts
  • 7 minute resentation on a seleted topic: 30 pts
  • Quiz testing the knowledge and ability of application of basic concepts: 40 points.
 
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