Game Theory and Economic
Analysis
Game Theory and Economic Analysis presents the wide range of current contributions of game theory to economics. The chapters fall broadly into two categories. Some lay out in a jargon-free manner a particular branch of the theory, the evolution of one of its concepts, or a problem that runs through its development. Others are original pieces of work that are significant to game theory as a whole.
After taking the reader through a concise history of game theory, the contributors discuss such topics as:
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the connections between Von Neumann’s mathematical game theory and the domain assigned to it today since Nash the strategic use of information by game players the problem of
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DIMAND AND MARY ANN DIMAND
2 Rupture versus continuity in game theory: Nash versus Von
Neumann and Morgenstern
CHRISTIAN SCHMIDT
PART II
Theoretical content
3 Bluff and reputation
SYLVAIN SORIN
4 An appraisal of cooperative game theory
HERVÉ MOULIN
5 The coalition concept in game theory
SÉBASTIEN COCHINARD
6 Do Von Neumann and Morgenstern have heterodox followers?
CHRISTIAN SCHMIDT
© 1995 Éditions Dalloz
English edition: editorial matter and selection © 2002 Christian
Schmidt; individual chapters © the contributors
7 From specularity to temporality in game theory
JEAN-LOUIS RULLIÈRE AND BERNARD WALLISER
PART III
Applications
8 Collective choice mechanisms and individual incentives
CLAUDE D’ASPREMONT AND LOUIS-ANDRÉ GÉRARD-VARET
9 Team models as a framework to analyze coordination problems within the firm
JEAN-PIERRE PONSSARD, SÉBASTIEN STEINMETZ, AND
HERVÉ TANGUY
© 1995 Éditions Dalloz
English edition: editorial matter and selection © 2002 Christian
Schmidt; individual chapters © the contributors
Contributors
Sébastien Cochinard. LESOD, University of Laon, France.
Claude d’Aspremont. CORE, Catholic University of Louvain, France.
Mary Ann Dimand. Albion College, Michigan, USA.
Robert W. Dimand. Brock University, Canada.
The late Louis-André Gérard-Varet. Universities of Aix-Marseilles II and III,
France.
Hervé Moulin. Rice
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According to Wikipedia, game theory is a branch of applies mathematics that is used in the social sciences (mostly economics). Game theory can also be defined as a theory of competition stated in terms of gains and losses among opposing players. Game theory tries to mathematically imprison behavior in strategic situations, in which a person’s success in making choices depends on the choices of others. Traditional application of this theory attempt find equilibrium in these games, in equilibrium. Every player of the game has adopted a strategy that they are unlike (Game theory )
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Game Theory states that most anything and everything can be thought of as a game. People can use it to strategize on voting, deciding on what articles or coupons to release, or even deciding whether or not, it is in your best interest to rat out someone else if both parties are being questioned by the police. There are many companies that use this in order to decide how they are going to operate. The book Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life by Dixit and Nalebuff discusses how businesses can alter their way of thinking to find their dominant strategy. Companies can pair up to create oligopolies, one set of companies that do this is beer companies, and each of these must consider their dominant strategy, their incentives, outside factors, and with all of these things carefully considered, a company is able to become successful.
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