NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 賽局理論研討(8064)
(Eng.) Seminar on Game Theory
Offering Dept Department of Business Administration
Course Type Elective Credits 3 Teacher HSIAO,LU
Department Department of Business Administration / Ph.D Language Chinese Semester 2026-SPRING
Course Description The course introduces the modern non-cooperative game theory to graduate students. We shall first discuss the four main equilibrium concepts: Nash equilibrium (NE), subgame perfect Nash equilibrium (SPNE), Bayesian equilibrium (BE) and perfect Bayesian equilibrium (PBE). Applying these equilibrium concepts, we can further study and analyze the business strategies.

Prerequisites
Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives Competency Indicators Ratio(%) Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
1. 瞭解賽局理論的主要均衡概念
2. 培養運用賽局理論進行研究的能力

1.Scientific Methods
4.Exploring Theories
5. Innovating Knowledge
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40
20
Exercises
Discussion
Lecturing
Written Presentation
Attendance
Oral Presentation
Assignment
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Course Introduction
Week 2 The Normal Form and Extensive Form

Week 3 Dominance, Iterated Dominance and Best Response
Week 4 Dominance, Iterated Dominance and Best Response
Week 5 Nash Equilibrium
Week 6 Nash Equilibrium
Week 7 ‧Classic Two-Player Static Game
Week 8 Mixed-Strategy Nash Equilibrium
Week 9 Mixed-Strategy Nash Equilibrium
Week 10 Backward Induction and Subgame Perfection
Week 11 Backward Induction and Subgame Perfection
Week 12 Bargaining Games
Week 13 Bayesian Nash Equilibrium
Week 14 Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium
Week 15 Signaling Games
Week 16 Screening Games
self-directed
learning
   02.Viewing multimedia materials related to industry and academia.

Evaluation
Homework 30%
Paper Presentation 30%
Class Participation 40%

Textbook & other References
1. Watson, J. 2008. Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory (3rd edition). Norton. 華泰文化代理.
2. 賽局理論(2017),周治邦著,華泰文化。

Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
https://sites.google.com/email.nchu.edu.tw/hsiaolu

Office Hours
週二 13:00-15:00


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