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Chapter 24: An Introduction to Game Theory

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Graphs:

Graph 24.1

Example of a 2-Player Sequential Move Game

Graph 24.2

Driving on the Left or Right Side of the Road with Sequential Moves

Graph 24.3

Game Tree for the Game Represented in Table 24.6

Graph 24.4

Facing Potential Competition

Graph 24.5

An Extension of the Game in Graph 24.4

Graph 24.6abc

Mixed Strategy Nash Equilibrium for Matching Pennies

Graph 24.7abc

Nash Equilibria for "Left/Right" Game from Table 24.2

Graph 24.8

Incomplete Information about Player 2's Payoffs

Graph 24.9

Turning the Simultaneous Game in Graph 24.8 into a Signaling Game

Graph 24.10

A Small Change to the Previous Game and Beliefs Matter

Graph 24.11

Beliefs Matter Even More

Graph 24.12abc

Average Payoffs under Infinite Repetition of the Prisoners' Dilemma

Graph 24.13

The Folk Theorem for the Infinitely Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma

Tables:

Table 24.1

Payoffs in a 2-Player Simultaneous Move Game

Table 24.2

Driving on the Left or Right Side of the Road

Table 24.3

A Sequential Move Game Represented in a Payoff Matrix

Table 24.4

A Game with a Single Efficient Pure Strategy Nash Equilibrium

Table 24.5

A Game with a Single Inefficient Pure Strategy Nash Equilibrium

Table 24.6

A Sequential Move Game Represented in a Payoff Matrix

Table 24.7

The Prisoners' Dilemma (with years in prison as payoffs)

Table 24.8

Another Prisoners' Dilemma (with Payoffs in $'s)

Table 24.9

Matching Pennies

Table 24.10

Prisoners' Dilemma