Negotiation Games

by Steven J. Brams

The concept of negotiation is critical to coping with all manner of strategic problems that arise in the everyday dealings that people have with each other and organizations. Game theory illustrates this to the full and shows how these problems can be solved.
This is a revised edition of a classic book and uses some wonderfully adroit case studies that remain relevant today. Negotiation Games covers such themes

· trade offs and the game of chicken
· the effects of power in the cease-fire game
· the use of threat power in sequential games
· fallback bargaining and rational negotiation.

Written by one of the leading game theorists of the generation, this book will be greatly appreciated not only by academics and students involved in game theory, economics, business and international relations, but also by those involved in diplomacy and international business.

Genres: Economics

324 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worth a read, although it must be noted the first edition of this book has been published 1990. While all concepts are very clearly described, naturally, none of them appear strikingly novel from today's perspective. However, the great virtue of this book is the application - chapter by chapter - of the theories laid out to real-world cases, which help greatly to underscore the practical difficulties and challenges "players" face.