A Nobel Prize for Game Theorists: The Contributions of Harsanyi, Nash and Selten

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 159-174

  Gul, Faruk ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039081341     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.11.3.159     Document Type: Article

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