Strategy An Introduction to Game Theory

Name: Strategy An Introduction to Game Theory
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ISBN: 9780393929348

ISBN-10: 0393929345

ISBN-13: 9780393929348

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: Joel Watson

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In this innovative textbook, Joel Watson adopts a refreshing new format for teaching game theory to advanced undergraduates. The book is rigorous and mathematically precise but also extremely careful in its focus on using the simplest possible models and least complicated mathematics necessary. Another innovation of the book is the way in incorporates elements of contemporary contract theory into the exposition, in a format that is highly engaging for students and easily adapted to the standard coverage familiar to teachers.

Book details

List price: $63.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/16/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English

Joel Watson is Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego. He received his BA from UCSD and his PhD from Stanford. Watson is one of the top game theorists of his generation, and his work has been published in a variety of leading journals, including The American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Economic Theory, Quarterly Journal of Economics, and Games and Economic Behavior.



Preface


Introduction


Representations and Basic Assumptions


The Extensive Form


Strategies and the Normal Form


Beliefs, Mixed Strategies, and Expected Payoffs


General Assumptions and Methodology


Analyzing Behavior in Static Settings


Dominance and Best Response


Rationalizability and Iterated Dominance


Location and Partnership


Nash Equilibrium


Oligopoly, Tariffs, Crime, and Voting


Mixed-Strategy Nash Equilibrium


Strictly Competitive Games and Security Strategies


Contract, Law, and Enforcement in Static Settings


Analyzing Behavior in Dynamic Settings


Details of the Extensive Form


Backward Induction and Subgame Perfection


Topics in Industrial Organization


Parlor Games


Bargaining Problems


Analysis of Simple Bargaining Games


Games with Joint Decisions; Negotiation Equilibrium


Unverifiable Investment, Hold Up, Options, and Ownership


Repeated Games and Reputation


Collusion, Trade Agreements, and Goodwill


Information


Random Events and Incomplete Information


Risk and Incentives in Contracting


Bayesian Nash Equilibrium and Rationalizability


Lemons, Auctions, and Information Aggregation


Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium


Job-Market Signaling and Reputation


Appendices


Review of Mathematics


The Mathematics of Rationalizability and Existence of Nash Equilibrium


Index