John Nash and the analysis of strategic behavior

This essay describes one economist’s view of how four extraordinary papers by John Nash, two on non-cooperative game theory [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 36 (1950b) 48–49; Annals of Mathematics 54 (1951) 286–295] and two on the theory of bargaining [Econometrica 18 (1950a) 15...

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Published inEconomics letters Vol. 75; no. 3; pp. 377 - 382
Main Author Crawford, Vincent P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.05.2002
Elsevier
SeriesEconomics Letters
Subjects
Bargaining
Bargaining theory
Econometrics
Economics
Economists
Game theory
John F. Nash
John Nash
Mathematics
Strategic behavior
Strategic behaviour
John Nash
Strategic behavior
Game theory
C70
Bargaining theory
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Summary:This essay describes one economist’s view of how four extraordinary papers by John Nash, two on non-cooperative game theory [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 36 (1950b) 48–49; Annals of Mathematics 54 (1951) 286–295] and two on the theory of bargaining [Econometrica 18 (1950a) 155–162; Econometrica 21 (1953) 128–140], influenced the development of game theory as a tool for analyzing strategic behavior.
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ISSN:0165-1765
1873-7374
DOI:10.1016/S0165-1765(01)00624-3