TY  - BOOK
AU  - Giocoli,Nicola
TI  - Modeling rational agents: from interwar economics to early modern game theory 
SN  - 1840648686
AV  - HB87 .G56 2003
U1  - 330.157 22
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Northampton, Mass.
PB  - Edward Elgar Pub.
KW  - Economics
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Economists
KW  - Neoclassical school of economics
KW  - Rational choice theory
KW  - Game theory
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - "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
ER  -