Analyzing strategic behavior in business and economics: a game theory primer

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Preface -- Introduction to game theory -- Static games with complete information -- Coalition games -- Strategic moves and deterring defection -- Competition games -- Coordination games -- Infinitely-repeated games -- Finitely-repeated games -- Evolution games -- Tit-for-tat -- Mixing pure strategies -- Continuous strategies -- Static oligopoly games -- Strategic trade policy -- Product differentiation -- Strategic complements -- Dynamic games with complete and perfect information -- Game trees -- A dynamic oligopoly game -- Bargaining -- Games with incomplete information -- Decision making and uncertainty -- Adverse selection -- Incentive contracts -- Games with imperfect information -- Information sets -- Auctions -- Signaling -- Appendices -- References and suggestions for further reading -- Index.;This innovative textbook is a concise and axiomatic introduction to the principles of game theory-the formal study of move and countermove. Undergraduate business and economics students with a background in the principles of microeconomics and college mathematics will find the material presented in this textbook focused, comprehensive, and accessible.