Analyzing Strategic Behavior in Business and Economics
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Analyzing Strategic Behavior in Business and Economics

A Game Theory Primer

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eBook - ePub

Analyzing Strategic Behavior in Business and Economics

A Game Theory Primer

About this book

This textbook is an introduction to game theory, which is the systematic analysis of decision-making in interactive settings. Game theory can be of great value to business managers. The ability to correctly anticipate countermove by rival firms in competitive and cooperative settings enables managers to make more effective marketing, advertising, pricing, and other business decisions to optimally achieve the firm's objectives. Game theory does not always accurately predict how rivals will act in strategic situations, but does identify a decision maker's best response to situations involving move and countermove. As Nobel Prize winner Thomas Shelling noted: "We may wish to understand how participants actually do conduct themselves in conflict situations; an understanding of the 'correct' play may give us a bench mark for the study of actual behavior." The concise and axiomatic approach to the material presented in this textbook is easily accessible to students with a background in the principles of microeconomics and college mathematics. The selection and organizations of topics makes the textbook appropriate for use in a wide range of curricula by students with different backgrounds.

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Information

Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9780739186053
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Chapter 1: Introduction to Game Theory
  4. Part I: Static Games with Complete Information
  5. Chapter 2: Coalition Games
  6. Chapter 3: Strategic Moves and Deterring Defection
  7. Chapter 4: Competition Games
  8. Chapter 5: Coordination Games
  9. Chapter 6: Infinitely-Repeated Games
  10. Chapter 7: Finitely-Repeated Games
  11. Chapter 8: Evolution Games
  12. Chapter 9: Tit-for-Tat
  13. Chapter 10: Mixing Pure Strategies
  14. Chapter 11: Continuous Strategies
  15. Chapter 12: Static Oligopoly Games
  16. Chapter 13: Strategic Trade Policy
  17. Chapter 14: Product Differentiation
  18. Chapter 15: Strategic Complements
  19. Part II: Dynamic Games with Complete and Perfect Information
  20. Chapter 16: Game Trees
  21. Chapter 17: A Dynamic Oligopoly Game
  22. Chapter 18: Bargaining
  23. Part III: Games with Incomplete Information
  24. Chapter 19: Decision Making and Uncertainty
  25. Chapter 20: Adverse Selection
  26. Chapter 21: Incentive Contracts
  27. Part IV: Games with Imperfect Information
  28. Chapter 22: Information Sets
  29. Chapter 23: Auctions
  30. Chapter 24: Signaling
  31. Chapter 25: Screening
  32. Appendices
  33. Glossary
  34. References and Suggestions for Further Reading
  35. About the Author