Babak Somekh

I learned theory and concepts of game theory and it was very interesting.

Understanding of different types of games, solution methods and equilibrium concepts. We learned to set up a game based on a description and solve these game with different methods. Main concepts were: Nash equilirbium, dominating/dominated strategies, mixed strategies, IEDS, backwards induction, Subgame Perfect Nash Equilibrium, Bayes-Nash equilibrium, Moral Hazard and signaling.

General Game Theory concepts and an insight into strategic interactions.

Game theory and how to evaluate strategies.

Excellent professor, great guy and a fantastic lecturer who is able to make the class interesting and easily understandable as long as you attend his lectures and pay attention

If professor Somekh is still the instructor, then definetely take this course. I would definetely recommend attending all lectures if you take this course, because his lectures are really high quality, but if you ever have to miss one, then he records and posts all the lectures on courseworks. I really appreciated this, primarily when revising for an assignment or a test.

Game Theory is not for everyone. If I see they're interested or I think it would be useful for them, I would definitely recommend. 1 Columbia University: Arts & Sciences Spring 2025 Course: ECONGU4415_001_2025_1-GAMETHEORY : ECONGU4415_001_2025_1 - GAME THEORY Instructor: Babak Somekh