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2022 unit information
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Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 3 hour seminar per week
This unit covers strategic behaviour of rational agents. Topics include strategic-form games with complete information and strategic-form games with incomplete information, dynamic games, equilibrium concepts for analysing these games. This unit will study Economics of Information and some introductory social choice theory, bargaining and cooperative game theory.
ULO1
Be able to analyse micro data and understand their implications for underlying microeconomic activity
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge capabilitiesGLO3: Digital literacyGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solving
ULO2
Determine what factors affect individual choice in strategic environments and what determines how agents settle on group outcomes
GLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solving
ULO3
Critically analyse and apply various equilibrium notions of strategic behaviour to economic, social and political problems
ULO4
Determine the effectiveness of government or other regulatory body policies under different situations
ULO5
Explain the impact of environmental attributes to on the ability of individuals to agree on efficient allocations
GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solving
ULO6
Apply game theoretic tools learned to analyse contemporary economic, social and political issues
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment 1: (Individual) Report (Analytical) Problem Set
2000 words
Assessment 2: (Individual) Report (Analytical) Problem Set
Examination (Closed Book)
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement: achieve at least 50% of the marks available on the examination
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