Game theory is the mathematical analysis of strategic interaction. In the fifty years since the appearance of von Neumann and Morgenstern's classic Theory of Games and Economic Behavior (Princeton, 1944), game theory has been widely applied to problems in economics. Until recently, however, its usefulness in political science has been underappreciated, in part because of the technical difficulty of the methods developed by economists. James Morrow's book is the first to provide a standard text adapting contemporary game theory to political analysis. It uses a minimum of mathematics to teach the essentials of game theory and contains problems and their solutions suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in all branches of political science.
Morrow begins with classical utility and game theory and ends with current research on repeated games and games of incomplete information. The book focuses on noncooperative game theory and its application to international relations, political economy, and American and comparative politics. Special attention is given to models of four topics: bargaining, legislative voting rules, voting in mass elections, and deterrence. An appendix reviews relevant mathematical techniques. Brief bibliographic essays at the end of each chapter suggest further readings, graded according to difficulty. This rigorous but accessible introduction to game theory will be of use not only to political scientists but also to psychologists, sociologists, and others in the social sciences.
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OVERVIEW
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of
economics,
these
journals
have
published
more
articles
that
use
game
theory.
The
Journal
of
Economic
Literature,
the
Journal
of
Economic
Perspectives,
and
the
Journal
of
Economic
Surveys
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provide
survey
essays
on
economics.
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game
theory
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in
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journals
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source
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accessible
reviews.
Theory
and
Decision
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articles
on
and
using
decision
and
game
theory
that
are
generally
less
technically
demanding.
The
International
Journal
of
Game
Theory
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for
mathematicians
and
mathe-
matical
economists.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Overview
- Chapter 2: Utility Theory
- Chapter 3: Specifying a Game
- Chapter 4: Classical Game Theory
- Chapter 5: Solving Extensive-Form Games: Backwards Induction and Subgame Perfection
- Chapter 6: Beliefs and Perfect Bayesian Equilibria
- Chapter 7: More on Noncooperative Equilibrium: Perfect and Sequential Equilibria
- Chapter 8: Games of Limited Information and Restrictions on Beliefs
- Chapter 9: Repeated Games
- Chapter 10: Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here?
- Appendix 1: Basic Mathematical Knowledge
- Appendix 2: Answers to Selected Problems
- Notes
- Glossary of Terms in Game Theory
- Bibliography
- Index
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