Game Theory

Strategy and Conflict:
An Introductory Sketch of Game Theory

Introduction

What is Game Theory?

The Prisoners' Dilemma

Choosing Information Technologies

Zero-Sum Games

Two-Person Nonconstant Sum Games

Games with More Than One Equilibrium

The Queuing Game

The Patenting Game

College Applications

Proportional Games: The Commuter Game

Keynesian Equilibrium as a Nash Equilibrium

Cooperative Games

Choosing Information Technologies, Again

The Core and Competition

Sequential Games

A Theory of Marriage Vows

The Paradox of Benevolent Authority

A Theory of Burnout

The Essence of Bankruptcy


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