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The Resource Beyond individual choice : teams and frames in game theory, Michael Bacharach ; edited by Natalie Gold and Robert Sugden

Beyond individual choice : teams and frames in game theory, Michael Bacharach ; edited by Natalie Gold and Robert Sugden

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"Game theory is central to modern understandings of how people deal with problems of coordination and cooperation. Yet, ironically, it cannot give a straightforward explanation of some of the simplest forms of human coordination and cooperation - most famously, that people can use the apparently arbitrary features of "focal points" to solve coordination problems, and that people sometimes cooperate in "prisoner's dilemmas." Addressing a wide readership of economists, sociologists, psychologists, and philosophers, Michael Bacharach here proposes a revision of game theory that resolves these long-standing problems." "In the classical tradition of game theory, Bacharach models human beings as rational actors, but he revises the standard definition of rationality to incorporate two major new ideas. He enlarges the model of a game so that it includes the ways agents describe to themselves (or "frame") their decision problems. And he allows the possibility that people reason as members of groups (or "teams"), each taking herself to have reason to perform her component of the combination of actions that best achieves the group's common goal. Bacharach shows that certain tendencies for individuals to engage in team reasoning are consistent with recent findings in social psychology and evolutionary biology."--BOOK JACKET
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xxiii, 214 p.
Contents
  • Ch. 1.
  • hi-lo paradox.
  • p. 35
  • Ch. 2.
  • Groups.
  • p. 69
  • Ch. 3.
  • evolution of group action.
  • p. 95
  • Ch. 4.
  • Team thinking.
  • p. 120
Isbn
9780691120058
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Label
Beyond individual choice : teams and frames in game theory
Title
Beyond individual choice
Title remainder
teams and frames in game theory
Statement of responsibility
Michael Bacharach ; edited by Natalie Gold and Robert Sugden
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Game theory is central to modern understandings of how people deal with problems of coordination and cooperation. Yet, ironically, it cannot give a straightforward explanation of some of the simplest forms of human coordination and cooperation - most famously, that people can use the apparently arbitrary features of "focal points" to solve coordination problems, and that people sometimes cooperate in "prisoner's dilemmas." Addressing a wide readership of economists, sociologists, psychologists, and philosophers, Michael Bacharach here proposes a revision of game theory that resolves these long-standing problems." "In the classical tradition of game theory, Bacharach models human beings as rational actors, but he revises the standard definition of rationality to incorporate two major new ideas. He enlarges the model of a game so that it includes the ways agents describe to themselves (or "frame") their decision problems. And he allows the possibility that people reason as members of groups (or "teams"), each taking herself to have reason to perform her component of the combination of actions that best achieves the group's common goal. Bacharach shows that certain tendencies for individuals to engage in team reasoning are consistent with recent findings in social psychology and evolutionary biology."--BOOK JACKET
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DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Bacharach, Michael
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
HB144
LC item number
.B328 2006
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1976-
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  • Gold, Natalie
  • Sugden, Robert
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Game theory
  • Economics, Mathematical
Label
Beyond individual choice : teams and frames in game theory, Michael Bacharach ; edited by Natalie Gold and Robert Sugden
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-210) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Ch. 1.
  • hi-lo paradox.
  • p. 35
  • Ch. 2.
  • Groups.
  • p. 69
  • Ch. 3.
  • evolution of group action.
  • p. 95
  • Ch. 4.
  • Team thinking.
  • p. 120
Control code
703873492
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xxiii, 214 p.
Isbn
9780691120058
Lccn
2005049608
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
ill.
Label
Beyond individual choice : teams and frames in game theory, Michael Bacharach ; edited by Natalie Gold and Robert Sugden
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-210) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Ch. 1.
  • hi-lo paradox.
  • p. 35
  • Ch. 2.
  • Groups.
  • p. 69
  • Ch. 3.
  • evolution of group action.
  • p. 95
  • Ch. 4.
  • Team thinking.
  • p. 120
Control code
703873492
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xxiii, 214 p.
Isbn
9780691120058
Lccn
2005049608
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
ill.

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