Game Theory and Economic Applications

This book deals with various strands of decision and game
theory, and their applications to a variety of economic
problems. It brings together the contributions of a wide
spectrum of discipline ranging from statistics and
mathematics to mathematical economics, industrial
organisation and operations research. The papers included
represent original contributions orstate-of-the-art surveys
by internationally renowned scholars in their respective
areas and have been refereed according to the standards of
high quality journals. The first four sections comprise
Decision Theory, Stochastic Games, Cooperative and
Noncooperative Games, and will appeal to game theorists,
statisticians and operations researchers. The fifth section
includes applictions to economic problems such as bilateral
bargaining, learning behaviour in oligopolies, financial
markets with asymmetric information, information trading,
technology transfer, multisectoral growth and collective
choice. These will appeal to economists in developed and
developing countries alike, as well as to specialist in
business disciplines.