Modeling rational agents : from interwar economics to early modern game theory / Nicola Giocoli.

By:

Giocoli, Nicola, 1967- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2003Description: x, 464 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1840648686
9781840648683

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

330.157 22

LOC classification:

HB87 .G56 2003

Contents:

1. Introduction: Two Images of Economics -- 2. The Escape from Psychology -- 3. The Escape from Perfect Foresight -- 4. Von Neumann and Morgenstern's Game Theory -- 5. Nash's Game Theory -- 6. Conclusion: The Fall and Rise of Modern Game Theory.

Review: "The book explores the evolution, through the first half of the 20th century, of the key neoclassical concept of rationality. The analysis begins with the development of modern decision theory, covers the interwar debates over the role of perfect foresight and analyses the first game-theoretic solution concepts of von Neumann and Nash." "Modeling Rational Agents will be of great interest to scholars of the history of economic thought and method, as well as all those working in the field of game and decision theory."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The book explores the evolution, through the first half of the 20th century, of the key neoclassical concept of rationality. The analysis begins with the development of modern decision theory, covers the interwar debates over the role of perfect foresight and analyses the first game-theoretic solution concepts of von Neumann and Nash." "Modeling Rational Agents will be of great interest to scholars of the history of economic thought and method, as well as all those working in the field of game and decision theory."--BOOK JACKET.

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