The roles of stories in applying game theory

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-146

  Grune Yanoff, Till ^a   Schweinzer, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Game theory; Modelling; Rationality; Solution concepts; Stories

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849092567     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501780802115075     Document Type: Review

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