Readings in Games and Information [Paperback]

This highly original collection brings together contemporary articles from a variety of sources to present the key topics in game theory. The book includes a combination of classic and contemporary readings from a range of books and journals that together present a complete resource for students and researchers of game theory.Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Part One: The Rules of the Game.

Introduction.

1. The Prisoner's Dilemma (Philip D. Straffin, Jr.).

2. A two-Person Dilemma (Albert Tucker).

3. Equilibrium Points in N-Person Games (John F. Nash Jr.).

4. Non-Cooperative Games (John F. Nash, Jr.).

5. To Ensure High Prices, Some Haulers Have Been Known to Break the Rules (Jeff Bailey).

6. Cash Flow: 'Pay to Play' is Banned, But Muni-Bond Firms Keep the game Going (Charles Gasparino and Josh P. Hamilton).

7. School of Genius (Sylvia Nasar).

8. Cartoon: Ratbert the Consultant (Scott Adams).

Part Two: Information.

9. The Donation Booth (Ian Ayres and Jeremy Bulow).

10. The Horatii and the Curiatii (Livy).

11. TREES - A Decision-Maker's Lament (Michael H. Rothkopf).

12. Knowing and Sowing Economic s and Law (Judith Lachman).

13. Cartoon: All Those in Favor, Say 'Aye' (Henry Martin).

Part Three: Mixed and Continuous Strategies.

Introduction.

14. Colonel Blotto: A Problem of Military Strategy (John McDonald and John W. Tukey).

15. Dutch Accountants Take on a Formidable Task: Ferreting Our Cheaters in the Ranks of OPEC (Paul Hemp).

16. Shipping Price-Fixing Pacts Hurt Consumers, Critics Say (Anna WlS/