博弈論（英文原聲）

越來越多的美國(guó)著名學(xué)府將課程的視頻或者材料放在網(wǎng)上，這種開放性課程也受到了大家的歡迎。最近耶魯大學(xué)在周二也推出了自己的開放性課程，全部是比較受歡迎的本科課程，主要包括教學(xué)大綱，題目匯總以及其他的課程相關(guān)材料，同時(shí)課程的音頻和視頻文件也包括在內(nèi)。
毫無疑問，這一舉動(dòng)極大地方便了全球其他地方的學(xué)生能夠接觸到美國(guó)高等學(xué)府的課程，大家可以到Open Yale Courses的 站點(diǎn)查看。值得提到的一點(diǎn)是，所有的課程材料都采用了Creative Commons的Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0協(xié)議。因此所有的使用者都可以下載，分享這些材料，甚至對(duì)所有的課程材料進(jìn)行演繹，只要不是用于商業(yè)用途，并且署名為Yale。

耶魯大學(xué)開放課程博弈論是經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)科下的一門課程，課程內(nèi)容均來自開放網(wǎng)站，另有網(wǎng)頁(yè)和pdf格式的課堂板書和筆記，均為英文版，對(duì)于想提升相關(guān)專業(yè)英語(yǔ)水平或者要學(xué)習(xí)相近英文課程的同學(xué)來說，這是個(gè)不錯(cuò)的資源。資源包中的音頻包括以下內(nèi)容：
1 簡(jiǎn)介：五年前的教訓(xùn)
2 把自己變成其他人的鞋
3 迭代刪除和位數(shù)選民定理
4 最佳反應(yīng)在足球和商業(yè)伙伴關(guān)系
5 納什均衡：壞時(shí)裝及銀行擠提
6 什均衡：約會(huì)和諾
7 納什均衡：購(gòu)物，并參加表決的常委會(huì)上線
8 納什均衡：定位，隔離和隨機(jī)
9 混合戰(zhàn)略的理論和網(wǎng)球
10 混合戰(zhàn)略棒球，約會(huì)和支付您的稅
11 進(jìn)化穩(wěn)定：合作，突變，與平衡
12 進(jìn)化穩(wěn)定：社會(huì)公約，侵略，和周期期中考試
13 順序游戲：道德風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)和饑餓的獅子
14 落后的感應(yīng)：承諾，間諜，和先行者優(yōu)勢(shì)
15 落后的感應(yīng)：國(guó)際象棋，戰(zhàn)略和可信的威脅
16 落后的感應(yīng)：聲譽(yù)和決斗
17 落后的感應(yīng)：最后通牒和討價(jià)還價(jià)
18 不完全信息：信息集和子博弈完美
19 子博弈完美均衡：招商引資和戰(zhàn)略投資
20 子博弈完美均衡：戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的消耗
21 重復(fù)博弈：合作與結(jié)局
22 重復(fù)博弈：作弊，懲罰和外包
23 信息不對(duì)稱：沉默，信令和苦難教育
24 信息不對(duì)稱：拍賣和獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)叩脑{咒
期末考試


About the Course
This course is an introduction to game theory and strategic thinking. Ideas such as dominance, backward induction, Nash equilibrium, evolutionary stability, commitment, credibility, asymmetric information, adverse selection, and signaling are discussed and applied to games played in class and to examples drawn from economics, politics, the movies, and elsewhere.

Course Structure:
This Yale College course, taught on campus twice per week for 75 minutes, was recorded for Open Yale Courses in Fall 2007.

About Professor Ben Polak
Ben Polak is a Professor of Economics and Management in the Department of Economics and the School of Management at Yale University. He received his B.A. from Trinity College, Cambridge University, his M.A. from Northwestern University, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. A specialist in microeconomic theory and economic history, he has published in Economic Letters, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Economic History, Journal of Legal Studies, Journal of Theoretical and Institutional Economics, and Econometrica. His current projects include "Generalized Utilitarianism and Harsanyi's Impartial Observer Theorem" and "Mean-Dispersion Preferences."

1. Introduction: five first lessons?
2. Putting yourselves into other people's shoes?
3. Iterative deletion and the median-voter theorem?
4. Best responses in soccer and business partnerships?
5. Nash equilibrium: bad fashion and bank runs?
6. Nash equilibrium: dating and Cournot?
7. Nash equilibrium: shopping, standing and voting on a line?
8. Nash equilibrium: location, segregation and randomization?
9. Mixed strategies in theory and tennis?
10. Mixed strategies in baseball, dating and paying your taxes?
11. Evolutionary stability: cooperation, mutation, and equilibrium?
12. Evolutionary stability: social convention, aggression, and cycles?
Midterm Exam?
13. Sequential games: moral hazard, incentives, and hungry lions?
14. Backward induction: commitment, spies, and first-mover advantages?
15. Backward induction: chess, strategies, and credible threats?