Games and information: An introduction to game theory - Hardcover

Rasmusen, Eric

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0631157093 ISBN 13: 9780631157090

Publisher: B. Blackwell, 1989

Synopsis

This textbook reflects the increasing importance in economic research and teaching of the non-cooperative game theory and information economics. Eric Rasmusen begins by laying out the theory of non-cooperative games from a user's viewpoint, introducing definitions and technical results only in so far as they are useful to the student or applied modeller. The book goes on to outline the basic models of incomplete information used in current economic research. The second and larger part of the book is devoted to applications of game theory, presenting many models which have so far been available only in widely dispersed sources. Individual chapters concentrate on auctions, moral hazard, adverse selection, signalling, reputation, bargaining and oligopoly. This text is designed for US microeconomics graduates, UK third year and graduates in microeconomics, specialists in the game theory and information economics, sociologists, and scientists of politics and law.

About this title

Book Description

The first edition of Games and Information was published in 1989, when the topic of game theory was just starting to come to the attention of mainstream economists. Fifteen years later, interest in game theory has exploded, as have the number of textbooks written to introduce this material to students. Now entering its fourth edition, Rasmusen's book continues to hold its place as a relevant, advanced-level introduction to this fast-moving field. Written in a crisp and approachable style, Games and Information uses simple modeling techniques and straightforward explanations to provide students with an understanding of game theory and information economics. The fourth edition brings this material totally up-to-date, and includes new end-of-chapter problems and classroom games, a math appendix, and is accompanied by a comprehensive website featuring solutions to problems and teaching notes. With its emphasis on applications of game theory and information economics to a vast array of disciplines, Games and Information, 4e will prove an indispensible tool for undergraduates studying advanced microeconomics as well as for graduate students in economics, business, mathematics and political science. Praise for the 3rd edition: "Rasmusen's Games and Information provides a wonderful coverage of the basics of game theory and information economics. His consistent style of presenting the theoretical structures lucidly unifies his text's wide and well-chosen range of applications. I wish that all my students could take a course based on this book, and envy them the opportunity." Maxwell B. Stinchcombe, University of Texas at Austin ldquo;This is a terrific book bringing together two strands in the recent literature on economic theory, namely game theory and the economics of asymmetric information. The style is brisk, the arguments are rigorous and it seems to be pitched at exactly the right level.rdquo; Partha Dasgupta, University of Cambridge

From the Back Cover

Written in a crisp and approachable style, Games and Information: An Introduction to Game Theory uses simple modelling techniques and straightforward explanations to provide students with an understanding of game theory and information economics. The third edition brings the text totally up-to-date. New topics include price discrimination, mechanism design, and value uncertainty in auctions. Other chapters have been extensively reorganized or rewritten.

Two of the most novel features of the new edition are not contained within its covers. One is the website at www.rasmusen.org/GT/index.html which includes answers to problems posed in the text, new questions and answers, and various supplementary materials. The other is a new book, Readings in Games and Information (also from Blackwell Publishers), which contains hard-to-locate scholarly articles, news clippings, and cartoons arranged to correspond with the chapters of the text.

The book will be an indispensable tool for undergraduates studying advanced microeconomics and of considerable interest to graduates, lecturers and researchers of game theory and information economics.

Edition details

• Publisher: B. Blackwell
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0631157093
• ISBN 13: 9780631157090
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 352