#161 - Nolan McCarty and Adam Meirowitz - Political Game Theory

Author or Editor: Nolan McCarty and Adam Meirowitz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Pages: 431
Size: 2.30MB

Political Game Theory is a self-contained introduction to game theory and its applications to political science. The book presents choice theory, social choice theory, static and dynamic games of complete information, static and dynamic games of incomplete information, repeated games, bargaining theory, mechanism design, and a mathematical appendix covering logic, real analysis, calculus, and probability theory. The methods employed have many applications in various subdisciplines including comparative politics, international relations, and American politics. Political Game Theory is tailored to students without extensive backgrounds in mathematics and
traditional economics; however, many special sections present technical material appropriate for more advanced students. A large number of exercises are also provided for practice with the skills and techniques discussed.

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#73 - Drew Fudenberg and Jean Tirole - Game Theory

Author or Editor: Drew Fudenberg and Jean Tirole
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 2000
Pages: 579

Jean Tirole has published about one-hundred eighty professional articles in economics and finance, as well as 8 books including The Theory of Industrial Organization, Game Theory (with Drew Fudenberg), A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation (with Jean-Jacques Laffont), The Prudential Regulation of Banks (with Mathias Dewatripont), Competition in Telecommunications (with Jean-Jacques Laffont), Financial Crises, Liquidity, and the International Monetary System , and The Theory of Corporate Finance. His research covers industrial organization, regulation, game theory, banking and finance, psychology and economics, international finance and macroeconomics.

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#47 - Robert Gibbons - A Primer in Game Theory

Author or Editor: Robert Gibbons
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 1992
Pages: 267

Game theory is the study of multiperson decision problems. Such problems arise frequently in economics. As is widely appreciated, for example, oligopolies present multiperson problems — each firm must consider what the others will do. But many other applications of game theory arise in fields of economics other than industrial organization.

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