What Does 'We' Want? Team Reasoning, Game Theory, and Unselfish Behaviours

Guilhem Lecouteux

No 2018-17, GREDEG Working Papers from Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France

Abstract: This editorial presents the main contributions of the theory of team reasoning in game theory, and the issues that remain to be solved before this theory could become a credible alternative to 'orthodox' game theory. I argue in particular that an approach based on collective agency rather than rational choice theory and social preferences offer a scientifically preferable theory of unselfish behaviours, both in terms of parsimony and empirical validation. I review the economic literature on team reasoning, and highlight the contributions of the papers of the present volume to tackle the open issues of the theory of team reasoning.

Keywords: team reasoning; preferences; rationality; cooperation; coordination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B41 C72 D70 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2018-07
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