Rational Behaviour and Bargaining - Brossura

Harsanyi, John C.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521311837 ISBN 13: 9780521311830

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

This is a paperback edition of a major contribution to the field, first published in hard covers in 1977. The book outlines a general theory of rational behaviour consisting of individual decision theory, ethics, and game theory as its main branches. Decision theory deals with a rational pursuit of individual utility; ethics with a rational pursuit of the common interests of society; and game theory with an interaction of two or more rational individuals, each pursuing his own interests in a rational manner.

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Descrizione del libro

This is a paperback edition of a major contribution to the field, first published in hard covers in 1977. The book outlines a general theory of rational behaviour consisting of individual decision theory, ethics, and game theory as its main branches.

Contenuti

Part I. Preliminaries: 1. Bargaining-equilibrium analysis: a new approach to game theory and to the analysis of social behavior; 2. Rational-choice models of social behavior; 3. Rational behavior under certainty, risk, and uncertainty; 4. Morality and social welfare A constructive approach; Part II. General principles: 5. Some basic concepts of game theory; 6. Rationality postulates for game situations; 7. The four basic problems facing the players of a game; Part III. Solutions for specific classes of games: 8. Two-person simple bargaining games: the Nash solution; 9. General two-person cooperative games; 10. n-Person simple bargaining games; 11. n-Person cooperative games with transferable utility: the modified Shapley value; 12. n-person cooperative games: the general case; 13. n-Person cooperative games: discriminatory solutions; 14. Noncooperative and almost-noncooperative games.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521311837
• ISBN 13: 9780521311830
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 328