Summer Program on Game Theory and Economics

该基金支持纽约州立大学石溪分校（USB）经济学博弈论中心1999年夏季项目，该项目是一系列强调博弈论及其在经济学和其他领域应用的年度夏季项目的延续。博弈论在当代经济理论的许多研究中发挥着重要作用，因此在世界各地杰出的研究中心组织的活动中，博弈论是一个频繁的主题。然而，USB的夏季课程是独特的，它明确地关注博弈论，无论是理论还是应用。这种关注的强度在组织委员会的成员中是显而易见的，该委员会由该中心的成员以及来自美国和国外其他机构的专家组成。从1990年到1998年，有1300多名学员参加，证明了这种方法和拟议的暑期课程的价值。基本的课程形式包括以研究为导向的会议和研讨会，以及在博弈论中选定主题的指导。因此，虽然主要目标是刺激和传播理论和应用方面的新进展，但这个暑期课程旨在为经济学和其他学科的学者提供博弈论的概念和方法发展。同时，夏季项目为这些学者提供了一个向博弈论学者展示他们的想法和关注的场所，使双方能够探索富有成效的新合作领域。更具体地说，夏季项目包括：1)国际会议；2)选定主题的讲习班；强化课程。这次国际会议持续五天。它的组织方式与过去几年在USB举行的会议相同，包括全体会议和平行会议，以及邀请和贡献的论文。讲习班通常为期两周。每个讲习班持续2至5天，每年的讲习班数量也相应变化。为期一周的强化课程包括对理论和应用都具有普遍重要性的选定主题的讲座和讨论。

This grant supports the 1999 summer program at the Center for Game Theory in Economics, at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (USB), a continuation of a series of annual summer programs emphasizing game theory and its applications to economics, as well as other fields. Game theory plays a significant role in much of the contemporary research in economic theory and is accordingly a frequent theme in organized activities at outstanding research centers throughout the world. USB's summer program is unique, however, in its explicit focus on game theory, both theoretical and applied. The strength of this focus is apparent in the membership of the organizing committee which consists of the members of the center plus experts from other institutions in the United States and abroad. The value of the approach and of the proposed summer programs is evidenced by their success from 1990 to 1998, with over 1300 participants. The basic program format includes research-oriented conferences and workshops and, also instruction on selected topics in game theory. Thus, while the primary objective is to stimulate and disseminate new advances in both theory and applications, this summer program serves to make conceptual and methodological developments in game theory available to an expanding group of scholars in economics and other disciplines. At the same time the summer program provides a venue for these scholars to present their ideas and concerns to game-theorists, enabling both to explore fruitful new areas of collaboration..More specifically, the summer program consists of: 1) an international conference; 2) workshops on selected themes; 3) an intensive course. The international conference lasts for five days. It is organized along the same lines as those held at USB, in the past years, with plenary and parallel sessions, and invited and contributed papers. The workshops normally cover a two-week period. Each workshop lasts from two to five days, and the number of workshops in a given year vary accordingly. The week-long intensive course consists of lectures and discussion on selected topics of general importance for both theory and applications.