Rational Behaviour and Bargaining Equilibrium in Games and Social Situations [Paperback]

This is a paperback edition of a major contribution to the field, first published in hard covers in 1977.This is a paperback edition of a major contribution to the field, first published in hard covers in 1977. The book outlines a general theory of rational behaviour consisting of individual decision theory, ethics, and game theory as its main branches.This is a paperback edition of a major contribution to the field, first published in hard covers in 1977. The book outlines a general theory of rational behaviour consisting of individual decision theory, ethics, and game theory as its main branches.This is a paperback edition of a major contribution to the field, first published in hard covers in 1977. The book outlines a general theory of rational behaviour consisting of individual decision theory, ethics, and game theory as its main branches. Decision theory deals with a rational pursuit of individual utility; ethics with a rational pursuit of the common interests of society; and game theory with an interaction of two or more rational individuals, each pursuing his own interests in a rational manner.Part I. Preliminaries: 1. Bargaining-equilibrium analysis: a new approach to game theory and to the analysis of social behavior; 2. Rational-choice models of social behavior; 3. Rational behavior under certainty, risk, and uncertainty; 4. Morality and social welfare A constructive approach; Part II. General principles: 5. Some basic concepts of game theory; 6. Rationality postulates for game situations; 7. The four basic problems facing the players of a game; Part III. Solutions for specific classes of games: 8. Two-person simple bargaining games: the Nash solution; 9. General two-person cooperative games; 10. n-Person simple bargaining games; 11. n-Person cooperative games with transferable utility: the modified Shapley value; 12. n-person cooperative games: the general case; 13. n-Person cooperative games: discriminatory solutions; 14. Noncooperative and almost-noncool£Ù