12. Evolutionary stability: social convention, aggression, and cycles
Game Theory (ECON 159)
We apply the idea of evolutionary stability to consider the evolution of social conventions. Then we consider games that involve aggressive (Hawk) and passive (Dove) strategies, finding that sometimes, evolutionary populations are mixed. We discuss how such games can help us to predict how behavior might vary across settings. Finally, we consider a game in which there is no evolutionary stable population and discuss an example from nature.
00:00 - Chapter 1. Monomorphic and Polymorphic Populations Theory: Definition
30:50 - Chapter 2. Monomorphic and Polymorphic Populations Theory: Hawk vs. Dove
50:00 - Chapter 3. Monomorphic and Polymorphic Populations Theory: Discussion
55:39 - Chapter 4. Monomorphic and Polymorphic Populations Theory: Identification and Testability
Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu
This course was recorded in Fall 2007.