Game theory : a critical text

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Game theory : a critical text

Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap and Yanis Varoufakis

Routledge, 2004

2nd ed

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  • : pbk

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Game theory, second edition : a critical text

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1st ed. published in 1995

Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-358) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In recent years game theory has swept through all of the social sciences. Its practitioners have great designs for it, claiming that it offers an opportunity to unify the social sciences and that it it the natural foundation of a rational theory of society. Game Theory is for those who are intrigued but baffled by these claims, and daunted by the technical demands of most introductions to the subject. Requiring no more than simple arithmetic, the book: * Traces the origins of Game Theory and its philosophical premises * Looks at its implications for the theory of bargaining and social contract theory * Gives a detailed exposition of all of the major `games' including the famous `prisoner's dilemma' * Analyses cooperative, non cooperative, repeated, evolutionary and experimental games

Table of Contents

1. An Overview 2. The Elements of Game Theory 3. Dynamic Games: Backward Induction and Some Extensive Form Refinements of the Nash Equilibrium 4. Bargaining Games 5. The Prisoners' Dilemma 6. Repeated Games and Reputations 7. Evolutionary Games 8. Watching People Play Games: Some Experimental Evidence

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Details

  • NCID
    BA66363439
  • ISBN
    • 0415250943
    • 0415250951
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 369 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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