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Theory of Games and Economic Behavior (Commemorative Edition)

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Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; TECHNICAL NOTE; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; CHAPTER I: FORMULATION OF THE ECONOMIC PROBLEM; 1. THE MATHEMATICAL METHOD IN ECONOMICS; 1.1. Introductory remarks; 1.2. Difficulties of the application of the mathematical method; 1.3. Necessary limitations of the objectives; 1.4. Concluding remarks; 2. QUALITATIVE DISCUSSIOIN OF THE PROBLEM OF RATIONAL BEHAVIOR; 2.1. The problem of rational behavior; 2.2. "" Robinson Crusoe"" economy and social exchange economy; 2.3. The number of variables and the number of participants; 2.4. The case of many participants: Free competition. - 2.5. The ""Lausanne"" theory3. THE NOTION OF UTILITY; 3.1. Preferences and utilities; 3.2. Principles of measurement: Preliminaries; 3.3. Probability and numerical utilities; 3.4. Principles of measurement: Detailed discussion; 3.5. Conceptual structure of the axiomatic treatment of numerical utilities; 3.6. The axioms and their interpretation; 3.7. General remarks concerning the axioms; 3.8. The role of the concept of marginal utility; 4. STRUCTURE OF THE THEORY: SOLUTIONS AND STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR; 4.1. The simplest concept of a solution for one participant. - 4.2. Extension to all participants4.3. The solution as a set of imputations; 4.4. The intransitive notion of ""superiority"" or ""domination""; 4.5. The precise definition of a solution; 4.6. Interpretation of our definition in terms of ""standards of behavior""; 4.7. Games and social organizations; 4.8. Concluding remarks; CHAPTER II: GENERAL FORMAL DESCRIPTION OF GAMES OF STRATEGY; 5. INTRODUCTION; 5.1. Shift of emphasis from economics to games; 5.2. General principles of classification and of procedure; 6. THE SIMPLIFIED CONCEPT OF A GAME; 6.1. Explanation of the termini technici

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Theory of games and economic behavior

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