GAME THEORY AND PUBLIC POLICY(2 REVISED EDITION)
Book ID/图书代码： 04289516B87329
English Summary/英文概要： Game theory is useful in understanding collective human activity as the outcome of interactive decisions. In recent years it has become a more prominent aspect of research and applications in public policy disciplines such as economics, philosophy, management and political science, and in work within public policy itself. Here Roger McCain makes use of the analytical tools of game theory with the pragmatic purpose of identifying problems and exploring potential solutions in public policy.
In practice, the influence of game theory on public policy and related disciplines has been less a consequence of broad theorems than of insightful examples. Accordingly, the author offers a critical review of major topics from both cooperative and noncooperative game theory, including less-known ideas in noncooperative game theory and constructive proposals for new approaches. In so doing, he provides a toolkit for the analysis of public policy as well as a clearer understanding of the public policy enterprise itself.
The author’s unique approach and treatment of game theory will be a useful resource for students and scholars of economics and public policy, as well as for policymakers themselves.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 人类通过集体活动的输赢来做出些决定，博弈理论能帮助我们理解这些活动。近年来，博弈理论更被用于经济，心理，管理，政治学，公共政策等领先领域的研究和应用中。在此书中，罗杰•麦凯恩利用游戏理论的分析工具，结合公共政策中定义问题及解决潜在问题的方法，让读者重新认识了博弈理论。
在实际应用中，公共政策和相关定律中的博弈理论更多地被看做是有用的样例，而不是广泛的理论基础。所以作者重新阐述了合作性和非合作性的博弈理论，包括一些鲜为人知的非合作性游戏理论和有建设性的提议。随后作者又提供了分析公共政策的工具，帮助读者进一步了解公共政策企业。
作者对于博弈理论独特的见解对于经济学和公共政策的学生和学者以及决策者来说都会是非常宝贵的资源。(XAT)
Awards/获奖情况：Acclaim for the first edition;’... the McCain book is a thoughtful and thought-provoking survey of the post-war game theoretic literature. It is notable for its clear exposition, its willingness to acknowledge weaknesses and ambiguities of game theory, and its many illustrations. It would make an excellent text for students who have already learned a bit of game theory in earlier classes and who are open to broader issues than those covered in more mathematical and more elementary books. It is also good bedtime reading for academics who use a bit of game theory in their own work and for theorists who are interested in methodological issues associated with rational choice models.’ --- Roger D. Congleton, Public Administration
About the Author/作者介绍： 罗杰•A•麦凯恩是德雷赛尔大学商学院经济学和国际商务的教授。
Roger A. McCain, Professor of Economics and International Business, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University, US
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