preferences beyond the classical concept of expected utility theory. The thesis contains four main chapters.The first two chapters … dependence compared to classical models of expected utility theory. It is shown that some empirical puzzles concerning … utility theory are met. It is shown that the methodological concerns are empirically relevant when a classification of …

This thesis consists of two parts, which are connected by an introduction on auction and oligopoly markets and a short …

Oligopoly market is characterized by the production of homogenous commodities with very similar attributes. The market … to derive cost functions for production of this commodity at every oligopoly firm and a uniform price function for all …

This half-semester course discusses decision theory and topics in game theory. We present models of individual decision …, supermodularity, monotone comparative statics, background risk, game theory, rationalizability, iterated strict dominance multi …-stage games, sequential equilibrium, trembling-hand perfection, stability, signaling games, theory of auctions, global games …

electricity exchanges. In this thesis, a new model based on game theory approaches is developed for the European electricity …