CentER

John Kleppe

Date of Ph.D. defense:	22 January 2010
Title of thesis:	Modelling Interactive Behaviour, and Solution Concepts
ISBN:	978 90 5668 248 4
Promotor:	Prof.dr. P.E.M. Borm
Copromotores:	dr. R.L.P. Hendrickx, dr. J.H. Reijnierse

Abstract:
This Ph. D. thesis deals with various topics within the field of game theory. The first chapters of the thesis focus on cooperative game theory, which mainly studies fair allocations of joint benefits by means of cooperation. In particular the per capita prenucleolus, public congestion network situations and cooperative situations are considered. Non-cooperative game theory studies situations in which players are unable to make binding agreements. Therefore, the focus is on individual incentives. The chapter on transfer equilibria and contract games forms a bridge between cooperative and non-cooperative game theory as we allow certain aspects of commitment and cooperation within the framework of non-cooperative games in strategic form. The final chapter of this thesis extensively studies fall back equilibrium. This equilibrium concept is a refinement of Nash equilibrium, which is the most fundamental solution concept in non-cooperative game theory.

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