Outlineforthegroupprojectreportforecon163 objecti

1. OUTLINE FOR THE GROUP PROJECT REPORT FOR ECON
163
Objective: The aim of the project is to find a
real world situation that interests you
and apply the tools of game theory to analyze
it. Topics can be chosen from any field.
Formatting: Spacing 1.5 (minimum) , 12
point font, not exceeding 15 pages
including a detailed bibliography.
Please take care to include in your bibliography
any and all sources that you have
used, including websites.
Structure of content: The following sections to be
included
1. Introduction : It will provide a brief explanation
of the topic for your project.
This should describe the motivation and context
for the strategic situation
you have chosen to analyze. If appropriate for
your topic, provide history,
data or any other information that you find relevant to
show why the topic is
of interest to you.

2. 2. Verbal description of the game you have built
including players, payoffs,
strategies, game structure etc. Explain why
you have made your particular
choices, and how that helps you to address the
topic you set out in the
introduction.
3. Formal representation of the game (game tree,
strategic form etc.)
4. Derivation of your equilibrium (please include all
the detailed steps in how
you derive your equilibrium).
5. Conclusion You will conclude with a
discussion of your equilibrium, and
how it explains/illuminates/analyzes the situation that
you had set out to
analyze. In other words, tell me what you have learnt
about the topic from
the game that you built.