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Non-cooperative game theory

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  • Giacomo Bonanno

    (Department of Economics, University of California Davis)

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This is the first draft of the entry ?Game Theory? to appear in the Sage Handbook of the Philosophy of Social Science (edited by Ian Jarvie & Jesús Zamora Bonilla), Part III, Chapter 16.

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  • Giacomo Bonanno, 2008. "Non-cooperative game theory," Working Papers 159, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    game theory; epstemic foundations; incomplete information; epstemic foundations; incomplete information;
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    JEL classification:

    • C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory
    • C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory

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