Learning from Schelling's Strategy of Conflict
回顾了谢林《冲突的战略》中的核心思想,探讨其对博弈论、经济学和社会科学的广泛影响,强调信息与承诺在战略互动中的关键作用。
Thomas Schelling's Strategy of Conflict is a masterpiece that should be recognized as one of the most important and influential books in social theory. This paper reviews some of the important ideas in Strategy of Conflict and considers some of the broader impact that this book has had on game theory, economics, and social theory. By his emphasis on the critical importance of information and commitment in strategic dynamics, Schelling played a vital role in stimulating the development of non-cooperative game theory. More broadly, Schelling's analysis of games with multiple equilibria has redefined the scope of economics and its place in the social sciences.