Game Theory for Applied Economists
Author: Robert Gibbons
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Game Theory at Work
Subheading: How to Use Game Theory to Outthink and Outmaneuver Your Competition
Author: James D. Miller
In English - 306 pages.
It is a very good book for whom are interested in get in contact with Game Theory. The book apply the concepts to daily situations like: negotiations, adverse selection when hiring a employee, the danger of price competition, auction, etc. For those who are reluctant in buying economic books because of the mathematics don´t need to worry, you won´t find any formula all over the book.
Follow below the table of contents so you can have an ideia of what you will find:
| Contents |
| 1. Introduction |
| 2. Threats, Promises and Sequential Games |
| 3. The Danger of Price Competition |
| 4. Simultaneous Games |
| 5. Massive Coordination Games |
| 6. Nash Equilibria |
| 7. Prisioners’ Dilema |
| 8. Adverse Selection |
| 9. Surviving with Limited Information |
| 10. Price Discrimination and Other Pricing Strategies |
| 11. Holdups |
| 12. Spending Other People´s Money |
| 13. Managing Employees |
| 14. Negotiations |
| 15. Auctions |
| 16. The Stock Market |
| 17. Further Readings and References |
