Books on Game Theory

General texts

• Charalambos Aliprantis, Subir Kumar Chakrabarti (1999) Games and Decision Making
• Michel Balinski, Rida Laraki (2011) Majority Judgment: Measuring, Ranking, and Electing
• Dirk Bergemann, Stephen Morris (2012) Robust Mechanism Design (World Scientific Series in Economic Theory)
• Scott H. Bierman, Luis Fernandez (1998) Game Theory with Economic Applications
• Ken Binmore (2005) Natural Justice
• Ken Binmore (2007) Playing for Real: A Text on Game Theory
• Ken Binmore (1989) Economic Organizations as Games
• Ken G. Binmore (1992) Fun and Games
• Steven J. Brams (2011) Game Theory and the Humanities: Bridging Two Worlds
• Adam M. Brandenburge, Barry J. Nalebuff (1997) Co-opetition
• Morton D. Davis (1997) Game Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction (Dover books on mathematics)
• Mary Ann Dimand, Robert W. Dimand (Eds.) (1997) The Foundations of Game Theory (Mini)
• Avinash Dixit, D Reiley, S Skeath (2010) Games of Strategy
• Avinash Dixit, Barry Nalebuff (1993) Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics and Everyday Life
• Avinash K. Dixit, Susan Skeath (2004) Games of Strategy
• Engelbert Dockner (2000) Differential Games in Economics and Management Science
• Jurgen Eichberger (1993) Game Theory for Economists
• Bruno S Frey, Alois Stutzer (2010) Economics and Psychology (CESifo Seminar Series)
• Bruno S. Frey (2010) Happiness: A Revolution in Economics (Munich Lectures in Economics)
• Drew Fudenberg (1991) Game Theory
• Drew Fudenberg (1998) The Theory of Learning Games (Economic Learning and Social Evolution)
• Wulf Gaertner (2006) A Primer in Social Choice Theory
• R. Gibbons (1992) Game Theory for Applied Economists
• Robert Gibbons (1992) Primer In Game Theory
• Itzhak Gilboa (2010) Rational Choice
• Itzhak Gilboa (2010) Making Better Decisions: Decision Theory in Practice
• H. Gintis (2000) Game Theory Evolving: A Problem-Centered Introduction to Modeling Strategic Interaction
• Shaun F. Hargreaves-Heap, Shaun P. Hargreaves-Heap (1995) Game Theory: A Critical Introduction
• Joseph Harrington (2008) Games, Strategies and Decision Making
• Aviad Heifetz (2012) Game Theory: Interactive Strategies in Economics and Management
• Charles A. Holt (2006) Markets, Games, and Strategic Behavior
• H. W. Kuhn (Ed.) (1997) Classics in Game Theory
• Kevin Leyton-Brown, Yoav Shoham (2008) Essentials of Game Theory: A Concise Multidisciplinary Introduction
• George J. Mailath, Larry Samuelson (2006) Repeated Games and Reputations: Long-run Relationships
• Roger A. McCain (2010) Game Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction to the Analysis of Strategy
• Flavio M. Menezes, Paulo K. Monteiro (2008) An Introduction to Auction Theory
• Christian Montet, Daniel Serra (2003) Game Theory and Economics
• John F. Nash Jr. (1996) Essays on Game Theory
• John von Neumann, Oskar Morgenstern (2007) Theory of Games and Economic Behavior (Princeton Classic Editions)
• Martin J. Osborne (2003) An Introduction to Game Theory
• Martin J Osborne (1994) A Course in Game Theory
• Guillermo Owen (1995) Game Theory
• Hans Peters (2008) Game Theory: A Multi-Leveled Approach
• Eric Rasmusen (Ed.) (2001) Readings in Games and Information
• Eric Rasmusen (2006) Games and Information: An Introduction to Game Theory
• Klaus Ritzberger (2001) Foundations of Non-Cooperative Game Theory
• Graham Romp (1997) Game Theory - Introduction and Applications
• Don Ross (2007) Economic Theory and Cognitive Science: Microexplanation (Bradford Books)
• Ariel Rubinstein (Ed.) (1990) Game Theory in Economics
• William H. Sandholm (2011) Population Games and Evolutionary Dynamics (Economic Learning and Social Evolution)
• Saul Stahl (1999) A Gentle Introduction to Game Theory
• Frank Stahler (1998) Economic Games and Strategic Behaviour: Theory and Application
• Joel Watson (2007) Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory

Books on Specific topics

• Vinod K. Aggarwal (1996) Debt Games: Strategic Interaction in International Debt Rescheduling
• N. Emrah Aydinonat (2008) The Invisible Hand in Economics: How Economists Explain Unintended Social Consequences
• Douglas G. Baird, Robert H. Gertner, Randal C. Picker (1998) Game Theory and the Law
• E. N. Barron (2008) Game Theory: An Introduction
• K.G. Binmore (2007) Does Game Theory Work?: The Bargaining Challenge (Economic Learning and Social Evolution)
• Patrick Bolton (Ed.) (2008) The Economics of Contracts
• Steven J. Brams, D. Mark Kilgour (1988) Game Theory National Security
• Colin F. Camerer (2003) Behavioral Game Theory
• Colin F. Camerer, George Loewenstein, Matthew Rabin (2004) Advances in Behavioral Economics
• Donald E. Campbell (2006) Incentives: Motivation and the Economics of Information
• Fiona Carmichael (2004) A Guide to Game Theory
• Carlo Carraro, Vito Fragnelli (Eds.) (2004) Game Practice and the Environment
• John Child, David Faulkner, Stephen Tallman (2005) Cooperative Strategy: Managing Alliances, Networks, and Joint Ventures
• John Child (Ed.) (2012) The Evolution of Organizations
• Michael Suk-Young Chwe (2003) Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge
• Russell Cooper (1999) Coordination Games
• Richard Cornes (1996) The Theory of Externalities, Public Goods, and Club Goods
• Gary W. Cox (1997) Making Votes Count: Strategic Coordination in the World's Electoral Systems
• Ross Cressman (2003) Evolutionary Dynamics and Extensive Form Games
• Alberto Diaz-Cayeros (2006) Federalism, Fiscal Authority, and Centralization in Latin America (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
• Ariel Dinar, Jose Albiac, Joaquin Sanchez-Soriano (Eds.) (2008) Game Theory and Policy Making in Natural Resources and the Environment
• Jon Doyle (2006) Extending Mechanics to Minds: The Mechanical Foundations of Psychology and Economics
• EADINGTON (2005) Econs of Gambling & Nat Lotteries
• Michael Finus (2001) Game Theory and International Environmental Cooperation
• Ruth D. Fisher (2009) Winning the Hardware-Software Game: Using Game Theory to Optimize the Pace of New Technology Adoption
• Robert H. Frank (2005) What Price the Moral High Ground?: Ethical Dilemmas in Competitive Environments
• Roy Gardner (1994) Games for Business and Economics
• Herbert Gintis (2009) Game Theory Evolving: A Problem-Centered Introduction to Modeling Strategic Interaction (Second Edition)
• Herbert Gintis (2009) Game Theory Evolving: A Problem-Centered Introduction to Modeling Strategic Interaction (Second Edition)
• Herbert Gintis (2009) The Bounds of Reason: Game Theory and the Unification of the Behavioral Sciences
• Nicola Giocoli (2003) Modeling Rational Agents: From Interwar Economics to Early Modern Game Theory
• Sanjeev Goyal (2009) Connections: An Introduction to the Economics of Networks
• Avner Greif (2006) Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy: Lessons from Medieval Trade
• Roger Guesnerie (2005) Assessing Rational Expectations: "Eductive" Stability in Economics: No. 2
• Sean Holly;Andrew Hughes Hallett;Andrew Hughes Hallet (1989) Optimal Control, Expectations and Uncertainty
• Joseph E. Harrington Jr. (2006) How Do Cartels Operate?
• Robert A. Hart, Thomas Moutos (2008) Human Capital, Employment and Bargaining
• Shaun Hargreave Heap (1992) Theory of Choice
• Ernst Ten Heuvelhof, Martin de Jong, Mirjam Kars (2009) Strategic Behaviour in Network Industries: A Multidisciplinary Approach
• Jack Hirshleifer (2001) The Dark Side of the Force
• Tatsuro Ichiishi (2008) The Cooperative Nature of the Firm
• Tatsuro Ichiishi, Akira Yamazaki (2006) Cooperative Extensions of the Bayesian Game (Mathematical Economics and Game Theory)
• Matthew O. Jackson (2008) Social and Economic Networks
• John H. Kagel, Dan Levin (2002) Common Value Auctions and the Winner's Curse
• Anthony Kelly (2003) Decision Making Using Game Theory: An Introduction for Managers
• Paul Klemperer (Ed.) (2000) The Economic Theory of Auctions
• Kai A. Konrad (2009) Strategy and Dynamics in Contests: London School of Economics Perspectives in Economic Analysis
• David M. Kreps (1992) Game Theory and Economic Modelling
• Harold William Kuhn (2003) Lectures on the Theory of Games (AM-37) (Annals of Mathematics Studies)
• Jean-Jacques Laffont (2003) The Principal Agent Model: The Economic Theory of Incentives
• Luca Lambertini (Ed.) (2006) The Economics of Vertically Differentiated Markets
• Robert Leonard (2010) Von Neumann, Morgenstern, and the Creation of Game Theory: From Chess to Social Science, 1900-1960 (Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics)
• Ngo Van Long (2010) A Survey of Dynamic Games in Economics (Surveys on Theories in Economics and Business Administration)
• Eric Maskin (Ed.) (1999) Recent Developments in Game Theory
• R. Preston McAfee (2005) Competitive Solutions: The Strategist's Toolkit
• Roger A. McCain (2010) Game Theory and Public Policy
• John McMillan (1996) Games, Strategies, and Managers
• James D. Miller (2003) Game Theory at Work: How to Use Game Theory to Outthink and Outmaneuver Your Competition
• Gary J. Miller (1993) Managerial Dilemmas: The Political Economy of Hierarchy
• A. Mitropoulos (2004) Economic Learning, Experiments and the Limits to Information
• James D. Morrow (1994) Game Theory for Political Scientists
• Rosa Mulé (2001) Political Parties, Games and Redistribution
• Abhinay Muthoo (1999) Bargaining Theory with Applications
• John F. Nash (2007) The Essential John Nash
• J. Von Neumann, O. Morgenstern (1992) Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
• George Norman, Jacques-François Thisse (Eds.) (2000) Market Structure and Competition Policy: Game-Theoretic Approaches
• George Norman, Jacques-François Thisse (Eds.) (2011) Market Structure and Competition Policy: Game-Theoretic Approaches
• Hannu Nurmi (2006) Models of Political Economy
• Martin J. Osborne (2009) Introduction to Game Theory: International Edition
• Ursula Ott (2003) International Joint Ventures
• Scott E. Page (2008) The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies (New Edition)
• Jeffrey M. Perloff, Larry S. Karp, Amos Golan (2007) Estimating Market Power and Strategies
• L. A. Petrosjan, N.A. Zenkevich (1995) Game Theory (Series on Optimization)
• Louis Phlips (1995) Competition Policy
• William Poundstone (1993) Prisoner's Dilemma: John Von Neumann, Game Theory and the Puzzle of the Bomb
• Deborah A. Redman (Ed.) (1992) A Reader's Guide to Rational Expectations: A Survey and Comprehensive Bibliography
• Alvin E. Roth (Ed.) (1985) Game-Theoretic Models of Bargaining
• Alvin E. Roth (1992) Two-Sided Matching
• Bernard Salanie (2005) The Economics of Contracts: A Primer
• Stephen W Salant, Margaret Levenstein () Cartels (International Library of Critical Writings in Economics)
• Reinhard Selten (1999) Game Theory and Economic Behaviour: Selected Essays
• Martin Shubik (1999) Money and Financial Institutions: A Game Theoretic Approach - Selected Essays of Martin Shubik (Economists of the Twentieth Century Series)
• Martin Shubik (1999) Political Economy, Oligopoly and Experimental Games: Selected Essays of Martin Shubik: 1 (Economists of the Twentieth Century Series)
• Han T. J. Smit, Lenos Trigeorgis (2004) Strategic Investment: Real Options and Games
• Gerald H. Thomas (2006) Geometry, Language, and Strategy
• William Thomson, Terje Lensberg (2006) Axiomatic Theory of Bargaining with a Variable Number of Agents
• William L. Thomson (Ed.) (2010) Bargaining and the Theory of Cooperative Games: John Nash and Beyond (Elgar Mini Series)
• Donald M. Topkis (1998) Supermodularity and Complementarity (Frontiers of Economic Research)
• Leighton Vaughan-Williams, Jr. Sauer (2005) Information Efficiency in Gambling Markets
• Fernando Vega-Redondo (2003) Economics and the Theory of Games
• Georg von Wangenheim (2004) Games and Public Administration: The Law and Economics of Regulation and Licensing
• Bruce Wydick (2008) Games in Economic Development:

General texts

Games and Decision Making

Majority Judgment: Measuring, Ranking, and Electing

Robust Mechanism Design (World Scientific Series in Economic Theory)

Game Theory with Economic Applications

Natural Justice

Playing for Real: A Text on Game Theory

Economic Organizations as Games

Fun and Games

Game Theory and the Humanities: Bridging Two Worlds

Co-opetition

Game Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction (Dover books on mathematics)

The Foundations of Game Theory (Mini)

Games of Strategy

Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics and Everyday Life

Games of Strategy

Differential Games in Economics and Management Science

Game Theory for Economists

Economics and Psychology (CESifo Seminar Series)

Happiness: A Revolution in Economics (Munich Lectures in Economics)

Game Theory

The Theory of Learning Games (Economic Learning and Social Evolution)

A Primer in Social Choice Theory

Game Theory for Applied Economists

Primer In Game Theory

Rational Choice

Making Better Decisions: Decision Theory in Practice

Game Theory Evolving: A Problem-Centered Introduction to Modeling Strategic Interaction

Game Theory: A Critical Introduction

Games, Strategies and Decision Making

Game Theory: Interactive Strategies in Economics and Management

Markets, Games, and Strategic Behavior

Classics in Game Theory

Essentials of Game Theory: A Concise Multidisciplinary Introduction

Repeated Games and Reputations: Long-run Relationships

Game Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction to the Analysis of Strategy

An Introduction to Auction Theory

Game Theory and Economics

Essays on Game Theory

Theory of Games and Economic Behavior (Princeton Classic Editions)

An Introduction to Game Theory

A Course in Game Theory

Game Theory

Game Theory: A Multi-Leveled Approach

Readings in Games and Information

Games and Information: An Introduction to Game Theory

Foundations of Non-Cooperative Game Theory

Game Theory - Introduction and Applications

Economic Theory and Cognitive Science: Microexplanation (Bradford Books)

Game Theory in Economics

Population Games and Evolutionary Dynamics (Economic Learning and Social Evolution)

A Gentle Introduction to Game Theory

Economic Games and Strategic Behaviour: Theory and Application

Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory

Books on Specific topics

Debt Games: Strategic Interaction in International Debt Rescheduling

The Invisible Hand in Economics: How Economists Explain Unintended Social Consequences

Game Theory and the Law

Game Theory: An Introduction

Does Game Theory Work?: The Bargaining Challenge (Economic Learning and Social Evolution)

The Economics of Contracts

Game Theory National Security

Behavioral Game Theory

Advances in Behavioral Economics

Incentives: Motivation and the Economics of Information

A Guide to Game Theory

Game Practice and the Environment

Cooperative Strategy: Managing Alliances, Networks, and Joint Ventures

The Evolution of Organizations

Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge

Coordination Games

The Theory of Externalities, Public Goods, and Club Goods

Making Votes Count: Strategic Coordination in the World's Electoral Systems

Evolutionary Dynamics and Extensive Form Games

Federalism, Fiscal Authority, and Centralization in Latin America (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)

Game Theory and Policy Making in Natural Resources and the Environment

Extending Mechanics to Minds: The Mechanical Foundations of Psychology and Economics

Econs of Gambling & Nat Lotteries

Game Theory and International Environmental Cooperation

Winning the Hardware-Software Game: Using Game Theory to Optimize the Pace of New Technology Adoption

What Price the Moral High Ground?: Ethical Dilemmas in Competitive Environments

Games for Business and Economics

Game Theory Evolving: A Problem-Centered Introduction to Modeling Strategic Interaction (Second Edition)

Game Theory Evolving: A Problem-Centered Introduction to Modeling Strategic Interaction (Second Edition)

The Bounds of Reason: Game Theory and the Unification of the Behavioral Sciences

Modeling Rational Agents: From Interwar Economics to Early Modern Game Theory

Connections: An Introduction to the Economics of Networks

Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy: Lessons from Medieval Trade

Assessing Rational Expectations: "Eductive" Stability in Economics: No. 2

Optimal Control, Expectations and Uncertainty

How Do Cartels Operate?

Human Capital, Employment and Bargaining

Theory of Choice

Strategic Behaviour in Network Industries: A Multidisciplinary Approach

The Dark Side of the Force

The Cooperative Nature of the Firm

Cooperative Extensions of the Bayesian Game (Mathematical Economics and Game Theory)

Social and Economic Networks

Common Value Auctions and the Winner's Curse

Decision Making Using Game Theory: An Introduction for Managers

The Economic Theory of Auctions

Strategy and Dynamics in Contests: London School of Economics Perspectives in Economic Analysis

Game Theory and Economic Modelling

Lectures on the Theory of Games (AM-37) (Annals of Mathematics Studies)

The Principal Agent Model: The Economic Theory of Incentives

The Economics of Vertically Differentiated Markets

Von Neumann, Morgenstern, and the Creation of Game Theory: From Chess to Social Science, 1900-1960 (Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics)

A Survey of Dynamic Games in Economics (Surveys on Theories in Economics and Business Administration)

Recent Developments in Game Theory

Competitive Solutions: The Strategist's Toolkit

Game Theory and Public Policy

Games, Strategies, and Managers

Game Theory at Work: How to Use Game Theory to Outthink and Outmaneuver Your Competition

Managerial Dilemmas: The Political Economy of Hierarchy

Economic Learning, Experiments and the Limits to Information

Game Theory for Political Scientists

Political Parties, Games and Redistribution

Bargaining Theory with Applications

The Essential John Nash

Theory of Games and Economic Behavior

Market Structure and Competition Policy: Game-Theoretic Approaches

Market Structure and Competition Policy: Game-Theoretic Approaches

Models of Political Economy

Introduction to Game Theory: International Edition

International Joint Ventures

The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies (New Edition)

Estimating Market Power and Strategies

Game Theory (Series on Optimization)

Competition Policy

Prisoner's Dilemma: John Von Neumann, Game Theory and the Puzzle of the Bomb

A Reader's Guide to Rational Expectations: A Survey and Comprehensive Bibliography

Game-Theoretic Models of Bargaining

Two-Sided Matching

The Economics of Contracts: A Primer

Cartels (International Library of Critical Writings in Economics)

Game Theory and Economic Behaviour: Selected Essays

Money and Financial Institutions: A Game Theoretic Approach - Selected Essays of Martin Shubik (Economists of the Twentieth Century Series)

Political Economy, Oligopoly and Experimental Games: Selected Essays of Martin Shubik: 1 (Economists of the Twentieth Century Series)

Strategic Investment: Real Options and Games

Geometry, Language, and Strategy

Axiomatic Theory of Bargaining with a Variable Number of Agents

Bargaining and the Theory of Cooperative Games: John Nash and Beyond (Elgar Mini Series)

Supermodularity and Complementarity (Frontiers of Economic Research)

Information Efficiency in Gambling Markets

Economics and the Theory of Games

Games and Public Administration: The Law and Economics of Regulation and Licensing

Games in Economic Development: