Game Theory for Political Scientists

Abstract

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter One. Overview -- Chapter Two. Utility Theory -- Chapter Three. Specifying a Game -- Chapter Four. Classical Game Theory -- Chapter Five. Solving Extensive-Form Games: Backwards Induction and Subgame Perfection -- Chapter Six. Beliefs and Perfect Bayesian Equilibria -- Chapter Seven. More on Noncooperative Equilibrium: Perfect and Sequential Equilibria -- Chapter Eight. Games of Limited Information and Restrictions on Beliefs -- Chapter Nine. Repeated Games -- Chapter Ten. Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here? -- Appendix One: Basic Mathematical Knowledge -- Appendix Two: Answers to Selected Problems -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY OF TERMS IN GAME THEORY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX