The Theory of Extensive Form Games

• Main Authors: Alós-Ferrer, Carlos (Author), Ritzberger, Klaus (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Springer Series in Game Theory, Official Series of the Game Theory Society,
• Subjects: Game theory.; Economic theory.; Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.

This book treats extensive form game theory in full generality. It provides a framework that does not rely on any finiteness assumptions at all, yet covers the finite case. The presentation starts by identifying the appropriate concept of a game tree. This concept represents a synthesis of earlier a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Game Trees
• Pseudotrees and Order Theory
• Extensive Decision Problems
• Extensive Forms
• Discrete Extensive Forms
• Equilibrium
• A Mathematical Appendix.