In recent years game theory has swept through all of the social sciences. Its practitioners have great designs for it, claiming that it offers an opportunity to unify the social sciences and that it it the natural foundation of a rational theory of society. Game Theory is for those who are intrigued but baffled by these claims, and daunted by the technical demands of most introductions to the subject. Requiring no more than simple arithmetic, the book: * Traces the origins of Game Theory and its philosophical premises * Looks at its implications for the theory of bargaining and social contract theory * Gives a detailed exposition of all of the major `games' including the famous `prisoner's dilemma' * Analyses cooperative, non cooperative, repeated, evolutionary and experimental games
Author(s): Shaun Hargreaves-Heap, Yanis Varoufakis
Edition: 2
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 384
BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
List of boxes......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
1 OVERVIEW......Page 16
2 THE ELEMENTS OF GAME THEORY......Page 56
3 BATTLING INDETERMINACY REFINEMENTS OF NASH’S EQUILIBRIUM IN STATIC AND DYNAMIC GAMES......Page 95
4 BARGAINING GAMES RATIONAL AGREEMENTS BARGAINING POWER AND THE SOCIAL CONTRACT......Page 142
5 THE PRISONER’S DILEMMA THE RIDDLE OF CO OPERATION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR COLLECTIVE AGENCY......Page 187
6 EVOLUTIONARY GAMES EVOLUTION GAMES AND SOCIAL THEORY......Page 226
7 PSYCHOLOGICAL GAMES DEMOLISHING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN MOTIVES AND BELIEFS......Page 282
Postscript......Page 317
Answers to problems......Page 319
Notes......Page 349
Bibliography......Page 363
Name index......Page 374
Subject index......Page 377
