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Fall 2023

PHPE 400

Individual and Group Decision Making


Week 1 Introduction, Rational Preferences

Aug 28
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Aug 30
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Sep 1
Problem Set 1 Introductory Quiz

Week 2 Utilities

Sep 4
Lecture Cancelled - Labor Day
Sep 6
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Sep 8
Participation Questions Weeks 1 and 2

Week 3 Utilities

Sep 11
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Sep 13
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Sep 15
Problem Set 2

Week 4 Utilities

Sep 18
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Sep 20
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Sep 22
Problem Set 3

Week 5 Expected Utility Theory

Sep 25
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Sep 27
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Sep 29
Problem Set 4

Week 6 Newcomb's Paradox, Evaluating Rational Choice Axioms, and Introduction to Game Theory

Oct 2
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Oct 4
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Oct 6
Problem Set 5

Week 7 Midterm Exam

Oct 9
Lecture (TYD 1102)
Oct 11
In-Class Midterm Exam
Oct 13
Online Portion of the Midterm Exam

Week 8 Introduction to Game Theory

Oct 16
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Oct 18
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Oct 20
Problem Set 6

Week 9 Prisoner's Dilemma; Introduction to Voting

Oct 23
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Oct 25
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Oct 27
Problem Set 7

Week 10 Voting Methods

Oct 30
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Nov 1
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Nov 3
Problem Set 8

Week 11 Majority Rule

Nov 6
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Nov 8
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Nov 10
Problem Set 9

Week 12 Voting Paradoxes

Nov 13
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Nov 15
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Nov 17
Problem Set 10

Week 13 Introduction to Arrow's Theorem

Nov 20
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Nov 22
No Class - Thanksgiving Break

Week 14 Arrow's Theorem, Evaluative Voting

Nov 27
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Nov 29
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Dec 1
Problem Set 11

Week 15 Aggregating Utilities

Dec 4
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Dec 6
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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Dec 8
Problem Set 12

Week 16 Aggregating Utilities, II

Dec 11
Lecture (TYD 1102)
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