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The unifying theme of the 23 contributions to this book is the social interaction of rational individuals. The work of John C. Harsanyi on game theory, social choice, and the philosophy of science finds an echo in these essays. Contributions by well known game theorists and economists present a great variety of stimulating theoretical investigations. Part I contains six papers on non-cooperative game theory written by Maschler, Owen, Myerson, Peleg, Rosenmuller, Hart and Mas-Collel. Part II with three contributions by Kalei, Samet, van Damme, d'Aspremont, and Gerard-Varet is devoted to the use of non-cooperative game theory in the analysis of problems of mechanism design. Basic questions of non-cooperative game theory are discussed in three essays by Guth, Hardin, and Sugden in Part III. Applied game models are discussed in three papers by Friedman, Selten, and Shubik in Part IV. Problems of social choice are investigated in Part V which deals with utilitarianism and related topics in five contributions by Hammond, Binmore, Arrow, Roemer, and Broome. Finally, Part VI contains three papers: an interdisciplinary comparison of physics and economics by Samuelson, a methodological essay by Brock, and an appraisal of the work of John C. Harsanyi.

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Author:   Reinhard Selten
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1992
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.106kg
ISBN:  

9783642081361

ISBN 10:   3642081363
Pages:   438
Publication Date:   01 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I. Cooperative Game Theory.- The Consistent Shapley Value for Games without Side Payments.- Fictitious-Transfer Solutions in Cooperative Game Theory.- The Finagle Point for Characteristic Function Games.- Voting Count and Account.- Fee Games: (N)TU-Games with Incomplete Information.- A Non-Cooperative Interpretation of Value and Potential.- II. Mechanism Design.- Types Decomposition and Perfect Implementations.- Fair Division under Asymmetric Information.- Non-Transferable Utility and Bayesian Incentives.- III. Basic Questions of Non-Cooperative Game Theory.- Equilibrium Selection Unilateral Deviation Stability.- Determinacy and Rational Choice.- Inductive Reasoning in Repeated Games.- IV. Game Models.- Price-Quantity Oligopoly with Adjustment Costs.- A Demand Commitment Model of Coalition Bargaining.- The Reconciliation of Micro and Macro Economics.- V. Utilitarianism and Related Topics.- Harsanyi’s Utilitarian Theorem: A Simpler Proof and Some Ethical Connotations.- Evolution and Convention: Social Contract IV.- Sex Differentiation in Annuities: Reflections on Utilitarianism and Inequality.- Utilitarianism, the Difference Principle, and the Veil of Ignorance: An Application of the Theory of Social Situations.- Bernoulli, Harsanyi, and the Principle of Temporal Good.- VI. Reflections.- Economics and Thermodynamics: von Neumann’s Problematic Conjecture.- Game Theory, Symmetry, and Scientific Discovery.- John C. Harsanyi, System Builder and Conceptual Innovator.- List of Publications of John C. Harsanyi.

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