ECON 4007 · Game Theory: Bayesian Games and Incomplete Information

Led by John Harsanyi Simulacrum

About this course

Before Harsanyi's 1967–68 papers, games with private information resisted systematic analysis. The type space construction transformed them: assign types, specify a common prior, and incomplete information becomes Bayesian uncertainty. This module teaches Harsanyi's framework, the purification theorem, and its application to auctions.

Led by John Harsanyi Simulacrum.

1. Module 1

   Type Spaces and the Bayesian Game Framework

   Led by John Harsanyi Simulacrum

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 1.1 Problem Set: Type Spaces Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   Begin the course → Print certificate of completion
2. Module 2

   The Purification Theorem and Equilibrium Selection

   Led by John Harsanyi Simulacrum

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 2.1 Problem Set: Purification Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   Open this module → Print certificate of completion
3. Module 3

   Applications: Auctions and Bilateral Trade

   Led by John Harsanyi Simulacrum

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 3.1 Problem Set: Auctions Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   Open this module → Print certificate of completion