Game Theory

By Michael Maschler, Eilon Solan, Shmuel Zamir

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Now in its second edition, this popular textbook on game theory is unrivalled in the breadth of its coverage, the thoroughness of technical explanations and the number of worked examples included. Covering non-cooperative and cooperative games, this introduction to game theory includes advanced chapters on auctions, games with incomplete information,…

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1 author picked Game Theory as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book is an extremely rigorous and formal presentation of Game Theory concepts to Ph.D. students.

The chapters about complete information games and repeated games are particularly superb relative to other advanced books in this field. It also offers chapters on cooperative games, which is quite uncommon in other books (both at the undergraduate and graduate levels.)

The coverage of signaling games, Perfect Bayesian Equilibrium, and equilibrium refinements is relatively brief compared to most other topics in the book, but the book is still great.

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