Nash equilibrium and the history of economic theory

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1067-1082

  Myerson, Roger B ^a  

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DOI: 10.1257/jel.37.3.1067     Document Type: Article

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