Books in the Springer Series in Game Theory series

This book treats extensive form game theory in full generality. It then provides a general model of sequential, interpersonal decision making, called extensive decision problems. Requiring the existence of immediate predecessors yields discrete extensive forms, which are still general enough to cover almost all applications.

The concept of cooperation is examined at a higher level than that usually addressed by game theory, especially focusing on the formation of groups and the role of social norms in maintaining their integrity, with positive and negative implications.

This state-of-the-art collection of papers on the theory of Cournotian competition focuses on two main subjects: oligopolistic Cournot competition and contests.