John Harsanyi - Publications

Publications

Harsanyi's began researching on utilitarian ethics while at Brisbane. He published two papers explaining that before understanding moral problems, the difference between people's personal preferences and their moral preferences must be distinguished.

After Nash's publications on game theory, Hasanyi became increasingly interested in the topic.

• "Cardinal Utility in Welfare Economics and in the Theory of Risk-Taking", Journal of Political Economy (1953)
• "Cardinal Welfare, Individualistic Ethics and Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility", Journal of Political Economy (1955)
• "Bargaining in Ignorance of the Opponent's Utility Function", Journal of Conflict Resolution (1962)
• "Games with Incomplete Information Played by "Bayesian" Players, I-III. Part I. The Basic Model", Management Science, Vol. 14, No. 3, Theory Series (1967)
• Essays on Ethics, Social Behavior, and Scientific Explanation, Dordrecht, Holland: Reidel Publishing Company (1976)
• Rational Behavior and Bargaining Equilibrium in Games and Social Situations, Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press (1977)
• Papers in Game Theory, Dordrecht, Holland: Reidel Publishing Company (1982)
• A General Theory of Equilibrium Selection in Games (with Reinhard Selten), Cambridge, MA: MIT-Press. (1988)