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Game theory, particularly the use of repeated games, N-person games, and incomplete information games have been popular research techniques in political science, sociology, and managementùbut difficult for new social researchers to useùuntil now. Aimed at making these topics accessible to all social scientist, Game Theory Topics shows how game theory can be productively applied to problems in the social sciences. Using a common social science gameùChickenùto illustrate game theory concepts, the authors introduce readers to games of incomplete information; how to build uncertainty into game theoretic models; the concept of Bayesian Nash equilibrium; and the role of repetition in game theory, including how game theoretic models can easily accommodate many players. Throughout the book, the authors use applications to social science problems to illustrate the points being developed in each chapter.
To study the strategic interaction of individuals, we can use game
theory. Despite the long history shared by game theory and
political science, many political scientists remain unaware of the
exciting game theoretic techniques that have been developed over
the years. As a result they use overly simple games to illustrate
complex processes. "Games, Information, and Politics "is written
for political scientists who have an interest in game theory but
really do not understand how it can be used to improve our
understanding of politics. To address this problem, Gates and Humes
write for scholars who have little or no training in formal theory
and demonstrate how game theoretic analysis can be applied to
politics. They apply game theoretic models to three subfields of
political science: American politics, comparative politics, and
international relations. They demonstrate how game theory can be
applied to each of these subfields by drawing from three distinct
pieces of research. By drawing on examples from current research
projects the authors use real research problems--not hypothetical
questions--to develop their discussion of various techniques and to
demonstrate how to apply game theoretic models to help answer
important political questions. Emphasizing the process of applying
game theory, Gates and Humes clear up some common misperceptions
about game theory and show how it can be used to improve our
understanding of politics.
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