The book “Mathematics for Social Scientists” by Jonathan Kropko covers the topics we’ll see. You can read it here.
I was a TA for this class twice – during Spring 2021 and Spring 2022. Slides I made for my classes:
Refinements of PBE.
The Principal-Agent Model.
Cheap Talk.
Global Games.
Electoral Competition.
Valence Advantage.
Repeated elections with two parties.
Accountability, Selection and Pandering.
Legislative Bargaining.
Lobbying.
Monotone comparative statics and economic policy.
Correction to Acemoglu-Robinson QJE (2000).
Real authority and expertise.