Game Theory and Its Applications in the Social and Biological Sciences

A critical introduction to game theory and a survey of some of its major applications and associated experimental research. The first edition was titled Game Theory and Experimental Games: The Study of Strategic Interaction, and was published by Pergamon Press in 1982. The second edition is extensively revised, and updated to include significant or interesting theoretical developments and empirical research findings related to coordination games, social dilemmas, strategic aspects of evolutionary biology, framing effects, strategic voting, and other areas of research. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR