Overview

This new text deals with topics that are at the core of microeconomic theory - the economics of uncertainty and the economics of games and decisions. It contains a chapter on non-expected utility theory and very up to date coverage of such topics as risk aversion, stochastic dominance and mean-variance utility theory as well as a number of chapters that discuss and illustrate the use of game theory in making decisions under uncertainty.

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Author:   Tapan Biswas
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.378kg
ISBN:  

9780333662618

ISBN 10:   033366261
Pages:   215
Publication Date:   04 August 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART 1: ECONOMICS OF UNCERTAINTY The Expected Utility Theory Risk Aversion The Insurance Market Stochastic Dominance and Risk Comparisons Non-Expected Utility Theories Portfolio Analysis and the Mean-Variance Utility Theory Efficient Contracts under Uncertainty: the Principal-Agent Theory Collective Decisions under Uncertainty PART 2: GAMES AND DECISIONS An Introduction to the Theory of Games Non-cooperative Game Theory Selected Topics in Non-cooperative Game Theory Games and Collective Decisions Evolutions and Games Games with Nature and the Role of Information in Decision-Making under Uncertainty.

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