Game Theory : Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences

ISBN-13: 9780415222402 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 1640 str.

Yanis Varoufakis; Anthony Housego

Opis

Game theory is rapidly becoming one of the cornerstones of the social sciences. The articles gathered here chart the intellectual history of game theory from its place in the Enlightenment tradition to issues of current debate.

Spis treści

Volume I: Foundations
Precursors Pioneers of Game Theory Pioneers of Modern Bargaining Theory
Volume II: Refinements
Nash's Project Embellished with (Bayesian) Uncertainty Dynamic Games Dynamic Bargaining Evolutionary Games Psychological Games
Volume III
Part I: Economic Applications
Oligopolistic Games Auctions Macroeconomic Games General Equilibrium and Arrow's Impossibility Theorem
Part II: Game Theory and the Social Sciences
Political Science Analytical Marxism Sociology and Anthropology
Volume IV: Discontents
The Trouble with Consistently Aligned Beliefs The Problem With Backward Induction The Problem with Bargaining Solutions Philosophical Queries