Game Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction To The Analysis Of Strategy (3rd Edition)

by Roger A Mccain

Overview

The objective of the third edition of Game Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction to the Analysis of Strategy is to introduce the ideas of game theory in a way that is approachable, intuitive, and interdisciplinary. Relying on the Karplus Learning Cycle, the book is intended to teach by example. Noncooperative equilibrium concepts such as Nash equilibrium play the central role. In this third edition, increased stress is placed on the concept of rationalizable strategies, which has proven in teaching practice to assist students in making the bridge from intuitive to more formal concepts of noncooperative equilibrium.The Instructor Manual and PowerPoint Slides for the book are available upon request for all instructors who adopt this book as a course text. Please send your request to [e-mail].

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789814578875
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	06/19/2014
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	600
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.40(d)

Table of Contents

Part 1 Fundamentals 1

Chapter 1 Conflict, Strategy, and Games 3

Chapter 2 Games in Extensive and Normal Form 25

Part 2 Two-Person Games 47

Chapter 3 Dominant Strategies and Social Dilemmas 49

Chapter 4 Nash Equilibrium 71

Chapter 5 Further Topics on Two-Person Games in Normal Form 95

Chapter 6 Duopoly Strategies and Prices 121

Part 3 Larger Numbers and Uncertainty 151

Chapter 7 Three-Person Games 153

Chapter 8 Probability and Game Theory 175

Chapter 9 Mixed Strategy Nash Equilibria 201

Chapter 10 N-Person Games 227

Chapter 11 Alternatives to Nash Equilibrium 257

Part 4 Games in Extensive Form and Repeated Play 287

Chapter 12 Sequential Games 289

Chapter 13 Imbedded Games 321

Chapter 14 Repeated Play 349

Chapter 15 Indefinitely Repeated Play 373

Part 5 Cooperation 401

Chapter 16 Elements of Cooperative Games 403

Chapter 17 Applications of Cooperative Solutions to Economics 443

Part 6 Behavioral and Evolutionary Game Theory 471

Chapter 18 Games, Experiments, and Behavioral Game Theory 473

Chapter 19 Evolution and Adaptive Learning 503

Part 7 Selected Applications 531

Chapter 20 Voting Games 533

Chapter 21 Auctions 563

Chapter 22 Game Theory, Law, and Social Mechanism Design 591

Index 617