Course 104
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Course 104 : Game Theory II
Announcements
Problem Set : Problem Set 2, Problem Set 1
Term Paper
- Presentation: 11th December 2013 starting at 10 a.m., per team 30 min.
- Data entry sheet
- Survey area by team and important instructions
- Questionnaire: Module 1-8, Module 9, Module 10
- Groups and allocation of topics
Topics and readings for term paper
References given below should be sufficient for understanding the fundamental concepts. However, groups are encouraged (and advised) to read beyond this list. Evaluation will be based on: a) Quality of fieldwork, b) Understanding of concepts and techniques, c) Quality of data analysis
- Multidimensional poverty: Theory, Application, Current uni-dimensional method used in India
- Inequality: Theory(Chapter 2, 3.1, 3.2,3.3, 4.1, 4.2,4.3), Application
- Vulnerability: Theory, Application 1 (with a nice introduction to theory), Application 2
- Mobility: Axiomatic theory, Application 1, Econometric method (chapter 1.1 and 1.2), Application 2
Syllabus and Readings
Topic 1: Welfare Economics
- Reading 1: (Sen) Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem
- Reading 2: (Blackorby and others) Possibilities within Welfarism
- Reading 3: (Sen) Equality of what?
- Reading 4: (Bhagwati) Market and normative Economics
- Reading 5: (Roemer) Beyond Welfarism: Equality of opportunity
Topic 2: Mechanism Design
Reference (if not otherwise mentioned): Chapter 23, Mascolell, Whinston and Green
- Dominant strategy implementation in Voting domain: Gibbard Satterthwaite theorem
- Dominant strategy implementation in Public good domain: VCG mechanism
- Bayesian implementation: Auction domain (Vijay Krishna, Auction Theory, Chapter 2,3)
Past papers (Some of the topics, taught in previous years, will not be covered this year)