Rational Behaviour and Bargaining Equilibrium in Games and Social Situations

John C. Harsanyi

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511571756

This is a paperback edition of a major contribution to the field, first published in hard covers in 1977. The book outlines a general theory of rational behaviour consisting of individual decision theory, ethics, and game theory as its main branches. Decision theory deals with a rational pursuit of individual utility; ethics with a rational pursuit of the common interests of society; and game theory with an interaction of two or more rational individuals, each pursuing his own interests in a rational manner.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Preface
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Part 1 - Preliminaries
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1 - Bargaining-equilibrium analysis: a new approach to game theory and to the analysis of social behavior
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2 - Rational-choice models of social behavior
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3 - Rational behavior under certainty, risk, and uncertainty
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4 - Morality and social welfare
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Part II - General principles
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5 - Some basic concepts of game theory
pp 87-112
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6 - Rationality postulates for game situations
pp 113-123
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7 - The four basic problems facing the players of a game
pp 124-138
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Part III - Solutions for specific classes of games
pp 139-140
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8 - Two-person simple bargaining games: the Nash solution
pp 141-166
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9 - General two-person cooperative games
pp 167-195
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10 - n-Person simple bargaining games
pp 196-211
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11 - n-Person cooperative games with transferable utility: the modified Shapley value
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12 - n-Person cooperative games: the general case
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13 - n-Person cooperative games: discriminatory solutions
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14 - Noncooperative and almost-noncooperative games
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15 - Conclusion
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Notes
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References
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

Preface
pp ix-xii

Part 1 - Preliminaries
pp 1-2

1 - Bargaining-equilibrium analysis: a new approach to game theory and to the analysis of social behavior
pp 3-15

2 - Rational-choice models of social behavior
pp 16-21

3 - Rational behavior under certainty, risk, and uncertainty
pp 22-47

4 - Morality and social welfare
pp 48-84

Part II - General principles
pp 85-86

5 - Some basic concepts of game theory
pp 87-112

6 - Rationality postulates for game situations
pp 113-123

7 - The four basic problems facing the players of a game
pp 124-138

Part III - Solutions for specific classes of games
pp 139-140

8 - Two-person simple bargaining games: the Nash solution
pp 141-166

9 - General two-person cooperative games
pp 167-195

10 - n-Person simple bargaining games
pp 196-211

11 - n-Person cooperative games with transferable utility: the modified Shapley value
pp 212-243

12 - n-Person cooperative games: the general case
pp 244-262

13 - n-Person cooperative games: discriminatory solutions
pp 263-272

14 - Noncooperative and almost-noncooperative games
pp 273-288

15 - Conclusion
pp 289-290

Notes
pp 291-304

References
pp 305-308

Index
pp 309-314

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