Game theory

A critical text

Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap, Yanis Varoufakis

370 pages, parution le 16/03/2004 (2^eme édition)

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Game theory now provides the theoretical underpinning for most areas of economics. Moreover, it has spread fait in other disciplines, energised by claims that it represents an opportunity to unify the social sciences, to found a national theory of society on a common bedrock of methodological individualism. The speed of these developments has been remarkable and they have constituted something of a revolution. But the technical demands of the subject often discourage the readers most likely to benefit from engaging with it. This second edition of Shaun P. Hargfeaves-Heap and Yanis Varoufakis's classic text strips away the mystique and lets the reader make up his or her own mind. It combines the thoroughness of a textbook with the critical edge of the first edition as it:

explains clearly all the major concepts (e.g. the various forms of Hash's equilibrium, bargaining solutions), as well as their philosophical bearings (e.g. rationality, knowledge, social agency);
introduces new, exciting areas of research (e.g. psychological, experimental and evolutionary game theory), which it blends carefully with traditional games (e.g. the Prisoner's Dilemma, Hawk-Dove);
offers many problems at the end of each chapter, complete with extensive solutions.

With an uncompromising commitment to intellectual honesty, it seeks out game theory's strengths and limitations in a bid to draw out their implications for any theory of society which relies exclusively on liberal individualism. A new generation of students of game theory will grow to appreciate this superb text whilst fans of the first edition will eagerly devour this long-awaited update.

L'auteur - Yanis Varoufakis

Économiste, Yanis Varoufakis a conduit les négociations sur la dette en tant que ministre des Finances du gouvernement Tsipras jusqu'à sa démission en juillet 2015. Charismatique et iconoclaste, il est l'un des porte-voix de ceux qui, en Europe, oeuvrent pour plus de démocratie et ne veulent pas se résigner au diktat de l'austérité.

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Sommaire

Overview
The elements of game theory
Battling indeterminacy: refinements of Nash's equilibrium in static and dynamic games
Bargaining games: rational agreements, bargaining power and the social contract
The prisoner's dilemma: the riddle of co-operation and its implications for collective agency
Evolutionary games: evolution, games and social theory
Psychological games: demolishing the divide between motives and beliefs

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Routledge
Auteur(s)	Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap, Yanis Varoufakis
Parution	16/03/2004
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	370
Format	17,5 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	752g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780415250955
ISBN13	978-0-415-25095-5