Game Theory

This comprehensive textbook introduces readers to the principal ideas and applications of game theory, in a style that combines rigor with accessibility. Steven Tadelis begins with a concise description of rational decision making, and goes on to discuss strategic and extensive form games with complete information, Bayesian games, and extensive form games with imperfect information. He covers a host of topics, including multistage and repeated games, bargaining theory, auctions, rent-seeking games, mechanism design, signaling games, reputation building, and information transmission games. Unlike other books on game theory, this one begins with the idea of rationality and explores its implications for multiperson decision problems through concepts like dominated strategies and rationalizability. Only then does it present the subject of Nash equilibrium and its derivatives. "Game Theory" is the ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Throughout, concepts and methods are explained using real-world examples backed by precise analytic material. The book features many important applications to economics and political science, as well as numerous exercises that focus on how to formalize informal situations and then analyze them. It introduces the core ideas and applications of game theory. It covers static and dynamic games, with complete and incomplete information. It features a variety of examples, applications, and exercises. Topics include repeated games, bargaining, auctions, signaling, reputation, and information transmission. It is ideal for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Complete solutions available to teachers and selected solutions available to students.

朱•弗登伯格(Drew Fudenberg)，哈佛大学经济系教授。1981年毕业于麻省理工学院，获得经济学博士学位，主要研究领域为博弈论和动态经济学。曾经在加州大学伯克利分校、麻省理工学院、斯坦福大学和法国图卢兹大学任教。从1982年至今，朱•弗登伯格教授一直是美国国家科学基金的主要负责人，1998年以来为美国计量经济学会委员会委员。主要著作有《博弈论》（与Jean Tirole合著）和《博弈学习理论》（与David K. Levine合著）。 让•梯若尔（JeanTirole），先后就读于法国理工学院，巴黎第九大学，1981年获美国麻省理工学院经济学博士学位。现担任法国图卢兹大学产业经济研究所科研所长，同时在巴黎大学，麻省理工学院担任兼职教授，并先后在哈佛大学、斯坦福大学担任客座教授。主要研究领域为博弈论，金融等。