Evolutionary Games & Equilibrium Selection (Economic Learning and Social Evolution) - Hardcover

Samuelson, Larry

 
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Synopsis

Examines the interplay between evolutionary game theory and the equilibrium selection problem in noncooperation games. After providing an overview of the basic issues of game theory and a presentation of the basic models, the text addresses evolutionary stability, the dynamics of sample paths, the ultimatum game, drift, noise, backward and forward induction, and strict Nash equilibria. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Review

-- Eric S. Maskin, Professor of Economics, Harvard University " Larry Samuelson is one of the leading figures in the burgeoning field of evolutionary game theory. This book is a careful and lucid exposition of some of the developments in which he has made pioneering contributions." -- Eric S. Maskin, Professor of Economics, Harvard University & quot; Larry Samuelson is one of the leading figures in the burgeoning field of evolutionary game theory. This book is a careful and lucid exposition of some of the developments in which he has made pioneering contributions.& quot; -- Eric S. Maskin, Professor of Economics, Harvard University "Larry Samuelson is one of the leading figures in the burgeoning field of evolutionary game theory. This book is a careful and lucid exposition of some of the developments in which he has made pioneering contributions."--Eric S. Maskin, Professor of Economics, Harvard University

About the Author

Larry Samuelson is A. Douglas Melamed Professor of Economics at Yale University.

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ISBN 10:  0262692198 ISBN 13:  9780262692199
Publisher: MIT Press, 1998
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