Postgraduate Course: Information and Strategic Behaviour (ECNM11040)

Course Outline
School	School of Economics	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	The course aims to provide students who are already familiar with basic concepts of game theory with a deep understanding of the interaction between information & especially asymmetric information & and strategic interaction among people. As this topic lies at the heart of the intersection between the disciplines of informatics and economics, it is perfectly suited for the specialism. This is the PG version of the UG course ECNM10013 - Economics of Strategic Behaviour.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	Please contact the Economics PG Office to request a place on this course. (email sgpe@ed.ac.uk or tel 51 1764)
Additional Costs	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: 0
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 173 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	20% take-home exam, plus 80% two-hour degree exam in April/May.
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			2:00

Learning Outcomes
To learn how to frame strategic situations where people hold different information as Bayesian games. To learn how to solve Bayesian games using the solution concepts of Bayesian Nash and Perfect Bayesian Equilibria. To learn how to evaluate the efficiency of trading mechanisms. To become familiar with the issues surrounding strategic communication.