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25, 26, 27 of June, 2014; Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam |
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John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern published in 1944 their book “Theory of games and economic behavior”. The
Tinbergen Institute celebrates the 70th anniversary of this seminal work by organizing on
25, 26, and 27 of June, 2014, its annual conference in honour of
| 70 Years of Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. |
The conference consists of 10 key note lectures and 10 invited lectures.
| During these 70 years, the relevance of Game Theory for the development of Economic Theory has been clearly shown. As recognition of the achievements
that Game Theory has brought to Economics, ten game theorists have received the Nobel Prize in Economics. |
| In 1994, John F. Nash, Reinhard Selten, and John C. Harsanyi became Economics Nobel for their pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of
non-cooperative games. |
| In 2005, Robert J. Aumann and Thomas C. Schelling achieved the Nobel Prize in Economics for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and
cooperation through game-theory analysis. |
| In 2007, Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin, and Roger B. Myerson received the Nobel Prize in Economics for having laid the foundations of mechanism design
theory. |
| In 2012, Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley obtained the Nobel Prize in Economics for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market
design. |
| Many other Nobel-prize winners in Economics, such as George Akerlof, Finn Kydland, James Mirrlees, Edward Prescott, Michael Spence, Joseph Stiglitz and
William Vickrey made contributions that fit the Game-Theoretic paradigm. |
The conference aims to provide an overview of the advances that Game Theory has brought to the field of economics and to bring out new challenges for
the future.
The conference is organized by some members of the research group
“Strategic and Co-operative Decision Making” at the
VU University Amsterdam:
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Gerard van der Laan |
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Arantza Estévez-Fernández |
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Harold Houba |
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