John Charles Harsanyi

John Weymark

No 607, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers from Vanderbilt University Department of Economics

Abstract: This article provides an overview of the main events in the life of John Harsanyi and a summary of his research on decision-theoretic foundations for utilitarianism, cooperative bargaining theory, games of incomplete information, and equilibrium selection in noncooperative games.

Keywords: John Harsanyi; utilitarianism; bargaining theory; games of incomplete information; equilibrium selection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-03
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