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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101107401399

ISBN-139781107401396

eBay Product ID (ePID)113475006

Product Key Features

Number of Pages580 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameEpistemic Game Theory

Publication Year2012

SubjectGame Theory, Economics / Microeconomics

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaMathematics, Business & Economics

AuthorAndrés Perea

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight39.9 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2012-007500

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal519.3

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Part I. Standard Beliefs in Static Games: 2. Belief in the opponents' rationality; 3. Common belief in rationality; 4. Simple belief hierarchies; Part II. Lexicographic Beliefs in Static Games: 5. Primary belief in the opponent's rationality; 6. Respecting the opponent's preferences; 7. Assuming the opponent's rationality; Part III. Conditional Beliefs in Dynamic Games: 8. Belief in the opponents' future rationality; 9. Strong belief in the opponents' rationality; Bibliography; Index.

SynopsisIn everyday life we must often reach decisions while knowing that the outcome will not only depend on our own choice, but also on the choices of others. These situations are the focus of epistemic game theory. Unlike classical game theory, it explores how people may reason about their opponents before they make their final choice in a game. Packed with examples and practical problems based on stories from everyday life, this is the first textbook to explain the principles of epistemic game theory. Each chapter is dedicated to one particular, natural way of reasoning. The book then shows how each of these ways of reasoning will affect the final choices that can rationally be made and how these choices can be found by iterative procedures. Moreover, it does so in a way that uses elementary mathematics and does not presuppose any previous knowledge of game theory., Epistemic game theory explores how people may reason about their opponents before they make their final choice in a game. Packed with examples and practical problems based on stories from everyday life, this is the first textbook to explain the principles of this increasingly important aspect of game theory.

LC Classification NumberQA269