Whither Game Theory? Towards a Theory of Learning in Games

Game theory has been a huge success in economics. Many important questions have been answered, and game theoretic methods are now central to much economic investigation. We suggest areas where further advances are important, and argue that models of learning are a promising route for improving and w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Levine, David K., Fudenberg, Drew
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Published: American Economic Association 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113940
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Summary:Game theory has been a huge success in economics. Many important questions have been answered, and game theoretic methods are now central to much economic investigation. We suggest areas where further advances are important, and argue that models of learning are a promising route for improving and widening game theory's predictive power while preserving the successes of game theory where it already works well. We emphasize in particular the need for better understanding of the speed with which learning takes place.