Games of Strategy

Name: Games of Strategy
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ISBN: 9780393924992

ISBN-10: 0393924998

ISBN-13: 9780393924992

Edition: 2nd 2004

Authors: Susan Skeath, Avinash Dixit

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Overview Now available in a Second Edition, Games of Strategy remains the most accessible principles-level text for courses in game theory, addressing a remarkably broad range of concepts in a narrative that is both clear and compelling. Using resonant real-world examples, the authors simplify difficult theoretic ideas, helping students see the value of strategic thinking in a variety of situations. The text has been carefully updated for this Second Edition, including thorough revisions of the sections on sequential- and simultaneous-move games and those on voting and auctioning.This is an inviting introduction to game theory, offering students an engaging, comprehensive view of the…

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List price: $66.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/27/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 688
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.838
Language: English



Preface to the Second Edition


Introduction and General Principles


Basic Ideas and Examples


How to Think About Strategic Games


Concepts and Techniques


Games with Sequential Moves


Simultaneous-Move Games with Pure Strategies I: Discrete Strategies


Simultaneous-Move Games with Pure Strategies II: Continuous Strategies and III: Discussion and Evidence


Combining Sequential and Simultaneous Moves


Simultaneous-Move Games with Mixed Strategies I: Zero-Sum Games


Simultaneous-Move Games with Mixed Strategies II: Non-Zero-Sum Games and III: General Discussion


Some Broad Classes of Games and Strategies


Uncertainty and Information


Strategic Moves


The Prisoners' Dilemma and Repeated Games


Collective-Action Games


Evolutionary Games


Applications to Specific Strategic Situations


Brinkmanship: The Cuban Missile Crisis


Strategy and Voting


Bidding Strategy and Auction Design


Bargaining


Markets and Competition


Glossary


Index