Game Theory and Political Theory: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780521315937 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 528 str.

Peter C. Ordeshook

Opis

This book integrates political theory and mathematical models of political and economic processes.

Spis treści

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Individual preference and individual choice; 2. Individual preference and social choice; 3. Basic theory of noncooperative games; 4. Elections and two-person zero-sum games; 5. Nonzero-sum games: political economy, public goods, and the prisoners' dilemma; 6. Institutions, strategic voting, and agendas; 7. Cooperative games and the characteristic function; 8. The core; 9. Solution theory; 10. Repeated games and information: some research frontiers; References and a guide to the literature; Index.