Introduction to Game Theory Fall 2012 1 / 18 What is game theory? Robert J. Aumann‚ 1985: Brie y put‚ game and economic theory are concerned with the interactive behavior of Homo rationalis | rational man. . . [An] important function of game theory is the classi cation of interactive decision situations. Roger B. Myerson‚ 1991: Game theory can be de ned as the study of mathematical models of con ict and cooperation between intelligent rational decision-makers. Game theory provides general
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Recently‚ I found myself standing in line waiting to get a sandwich at Dutch‚ when I looked through the ever-so-perfectly placed drinks cooler...and what did I see? Coke and Coke Zero‚ the original and the supposed ’clone.’ Now‚ naturally being an extremely inquisitive person‚ I decided it was time to do an experiment. I grabbed one of each and about 10 of those little water cups and went over to the completely unsuspecting group I had come with. Little did they know‚ they were about to be a part
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Game Theory in Life Insurance The insurance industry has long been applying game theory to evaluate whether or not individuals are insurable and determine how much premium to charge them based on their apparent needs. This interaction between the consumer and the insurance company can be characterized as a game because not only are they playing against one another but each party is waging on an outcome more beneficial to them. In a traditional life insurance‚ there are many variables to consider
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Kalyani Barman (57) INTRODUCTION Pepsi is a 100-year-old carbonated soft drink brand loved by over 200 million people worldwide. The largest single selling soft drink brand in India‚ Pepsi is ubiquitous on just about every social occasion. In 1886‚ the US Caleb Bradman‚ a man with a plan formulated a blockbuster of a digestive drink and decided to call it Brad‟s drink. The potion was to become Pepsi Cola in 1898‚ and eventually‚ Pepsi in 1903. Since its inception‚ Pepsi has always been at the forefront
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launched an innovative campaign‚ “Share a Coke”. The company chose 150 of Australia’s most popular names and put them on the front of millions of Coca-Cola bottles (Lionbridge‚ n.d.). This is the first time in its 125-year history that Coca-Cola has made such a major change to it packaging. Later on‚ this simple idea then expanded to countries around the world‚ including New Zealand‚ the U.K.‚ Norway‚ Ireland and China. Other countries adapted Australian "Share a Coke" campaign into their own unique ways
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Econ 101: Principles of Microeconomics Chapter 15 - Oligopoly Fall 2010 Herriges (ISU) Ch. 15 Oligopoly Fall 2010 1 / 25 Outline 1 Understanding Oligopolies 2 Game Theory The Prisoner’s Dilemma Overcoming the Prisoner’s Dilemma 3 Antitrust Policy Herriges (ISU) Ch. 15 Oligopoly Fall 2010 2 / 25 The Oligopoly Monopolies are quiet rare‚ in part due to regulatory efforts to discourage them. However‚ there are many markets that are dominated by a relatively
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The Coca Cola Company: Diversity and a Global Presence You do the Research: 1. I don’t think that Coke can stay up with changing tastes for non-cola drinks. I believe that Goizueta did have the right idea to develop new products‚ but Coke fell behind after some embarrassing problems within the company‚ such as the 1999 contamination scare‚ their slowing unit growth‚ ugly class action racial discrimination suit (which result in a $195.2 million settlement with 2000 employees)‚ and an aborted
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GAMES THEORY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1.0 INTRODUCTION The field of game theory came into being with Émile Borel ’s researches in his 1938 book ‘Applications aux Jeux des Hazard’‚ and was followed by the 1944 book ‘Theory of Games and Economic Behaviour’ by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern. This theory was developed extensively in the 1950s by many scholars. Game theory was later explicitly applied to biology in the 1970s‚ although similar developments go back at least as far as the
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Game Theory and Economic Analysis Game Theory and Economic Analysis presents the wide range of current contributions of game theory to economics. The chapters fall broadly into two categories. Some lay out in a jargon-free manner a particular branch of the theory‚ the evolution of one of its concepts‚ or a problem that runs through its development. Others are original pieces of work that are significant to game theory as a whole. After taking the reader through a concise history of game theory
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SYMBOLIC SYSTEMS 202: The Rationality Debate (3 units) Winter Quarter 2003-2004‚ Stanford University Instructor: Todd Davies Game Theory Through Examples (2/11/04) Games against nature - decision theory for a single agent Expected utility theory for a single agent is sometimes called the theory of "games against nature". Consider this example. Example 1: Planning a party Our agent is planning a party‚ and is worried about whether it will rain or not. The utilities and probabilities
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