Game Theory and Economic Analysis

This text presents the variety of contributions of game theory to economics. The list of contributors falls broadly into two categories. Some lay out in a jargon-free manner a particular branch of the theory, the evolution of one of its concepts, or a problem, that runs through its development. Others are original pieces of work that are significant to game theory as a whole. After taking the reader through a concise history of game theory, the contributions include such themes as: the connections between Von Neumann's mathematical game theory and the domain assigned to him today the strategic use of information by game players the problem of the coordination of strategic choices between independent players cooperative games and their place within the literature of games new developments in non-cooperative games possible applications for game theory in industrial and financial economics differential qualitative games and entry dissuasion. The nature of the subject and the angle from which it is treated in this book will make it of interest to a wide variety of readers.