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Strategy Joel Watson (University of California, San Diego)

Strategy By Joel Watson (University of California, San Diego)

Strategy by Joel Watson (University of California, San Diego)


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The perfect balance of readability and formalism.

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory by Joel Watson (University of California, San Diego)

Joel Watson has refined his successful text to make it even more student-friendly. A number of sections have been added, and numerous chapters have been substantially revised. Dozens of new exercises have been added, along with solutions to selected exercises. Chapters are short and focused, with just the right amount of mathematical content and end-of-chapter exercises. New passages walk students through tricky topics.

About Joel Watson (University of California, San Diego)

Joel Watson is Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego. He received his BA from UCSD and his PhD from Stanford. Watson is one of the top game theorists of his generation, and his work has been published in a variety of leading journals, including The American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Economic Theory, Quarterly Journal of Economics, and Games and Economic Behavior.

Table of Contents

1) Introduction

Part I: Representations and Basic Assumptions
2) The Extensive Form
3) Strategies and the Normal Form
4) Beliefs, Mixed Strategies, and Expected Payoffs
5) General Assumptions and Methodology

Part II: Analyzing Behavior in Static Settings
6) Dominance and Best Response
7) Rationalizability and Iterated Dominance
8) Location, Partnership, and Social Unrest
9) Nash Equilibrium
10) Oligopoly, Tariffs, Crime, and Voting
11) Mixed-Strategy Nash Equilibrium
12) Strictly Competitive Games and Security Strategies
13) Contract, Law, and Enforcement in Static Settings

Part III: Analyzing Behavior in Dynamic Settings
14) Details of the Extensive Form
15) Sequential Rationality and Solution Concepts
16) Topics in Industrial Organization
17) Parlor Games
18) Bargaining Problems
19) Analysis of Simple Bargaining Games
20) Games with Joint Decisions; Negotiation Equilibrium
21) Unverifiable Investment, Hold Up, Options, And Ownership
22) Repeated Games and Reputation
23) Collusion, Trade Agreements, and Goodwill

Part IV: Information
24) Random Events and Incomplete Information
25) Risk and Incentives in Contracting
26) Bayesian Nash Equilibrium and Rationalizability
27) Lemons, Auctions, and Information Aggregation
28) Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium
29) Job-Market Signaling and Reputation

Appendices
A) Review of Mathematics
B) The Mathematics of Rationalizability and Existence of Nash Equilibirum

Index

Additional information

NGR9780393920826
9780393920826
0393920828
Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory by Joel Watson (University of California, San Diego)
New
Paperback
WW Norton & Co
2013-06-25
512
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