Economics and the Theory of Games
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 28, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 524
ISBN-13: 9780521772518
Subjects: Economic theory & philosophy; Political economy; Political science & theory; Psychology; Sociology, Social Studies; Equilibrium (Economics); Economic History; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Game theory; Economics - General; General; Business & Economics / Economic History; Economics
First sentence: In ordinary language, we speak of a "game" as a (generally amusing) process of interaction that involves a given population of individuals, is subject to some fixed rules, and has a prespecified collection of payoffs associated to every possible outcome.