The Consistent Preferences Approach to Deductive Reasoning in Games

Geir B. Asheim (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

203 Seiten

2011 | 2006
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4419-3876-3 (ISBN)

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During the last decade I have explored the consequences of what I have chosen to call the 'consistent preferences' approach to deductive reasoning in games. To a great extent this work has been done in coop eration with my co-authors Martin Dufwenberg, Andres Perea, and Ylva Sovik, and it has lead to a series of journal articles. This book presents the results of this research program. Since the present format permits a more extensive motivation for and presentation of the analysis, it is my hope that the content will be of interest to a wider audience than the corresponding journal articles can reach. In addition to active researcher in the field, it is intended for graduate students and others that wish to study epistemic conditions for equilibrium and rationalizability concepts in game theory. Structure of the book This book consists of twelve chapters. The main interactions between the chapters are illustrated in Table 0.1. As Table 0.1 indicates, the chapters can be organized into four dif ferent parts. Chapters 1 and 2 motivate the subsequent analysis by introducing the 'consistent preferences' approach, and by presenting ex amples and concepts that are revisited throughout the book. Chapters 3 and 4 present the decision-theoretic framework and the belief operators that are used in later chapters. Chapters 5, 6, 10, and 11 analyze games in the strategic form, while the remaining chapters-Chapters 7, 8, 9, and 12-are concerned with games in the extensive form.

Geir B. Asheim is Professor of Economics at the University of Oslo, Norway. In additional to investigating epistemic conditions for gametheoretic solution concepts, he is doing research on questions relating to intergenerational justice.

Motivating Examples.- Decision-Theoretic Framework.- Belief Operators.- Basic Characterizations.- Relaxing Completeness.- Backward Induction.- Sequentiality.- Quasi-Perfectness.- Properness.- Capturing forward Induction through Full Permissibility.- Applying Full Permissibility to Extensive Games.

Reihe/Serie	Theory and Decision Library C ; 37
Zusatzinfo	XIX, 203 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 240 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Wahrscheinlichkeit / Kombinatorik
	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	1-4419-3876-1 / 1441938761
ISBN-13	978-1-4419-3876-3 / 9781441938763
Zustand	Neuware