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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451174203321

Titolo

Game theory and economic analysis [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christian Schmidt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

0-429-22911-9

0-415-75351-1

1-280-21777-4

0-203-16740-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in game theory ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

SchmidtChristian <1938->

Disciplina

330/.01/5193

Soggetti

Game theory

Economics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in French in 1995 as: Théorie des jeux et analyse économique 50 ans après (special issue of Revue d'Economie Politique, 1995, no. 4, pp. 529-773) by Éditions Dalloz (Paris)"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; Historical insight; Von Neumann and Morgenstern in historical perspective; Rupture versus continuity in game theory: Nash versus Von Neumann and Morgenstern; Theoretical content; Bluff and reputation; An appraisal of cooperative game theory; The coalition concept in game theory; Do Von Neumann and Morgenstern have heterodox followers?; From specularity to temporality in game theory; Collective choice mechanisms and individual incentives; Team models as a framework to analyze coordination problems within the firm; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the huge variety of current contributions of game theory to economics. The impressive contributions 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 contributions include such themes



as:*the connections between Von Neumann's mathematical game theory and the domain assigned to