BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE GAME THEORY IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY

Teorija igara kao teorija interaktivnoga odlučivanja formalizira modeliranje socijalnih procesa stvarajući analitičku osnovu za analizu donošenja odluka u uvjetima rizika, suradnje ili nesuradnje aktera. Koncepti jezgre, Nash i Stackelberg ravnoteže, stohastičkih i diferencijalnih igara, prenosive korisnosti, kooperativnih i nekooperativnih igara, ilustriraju raspon pitanja iz međunarodne ekonomije na koja je moguće aplicirati teoriju igara. U radu se analizira više primjera teorije igara u međunarodnoj ekonomiji: različite nacionalne carinske politike i stvaranje carinskih unija; međunarodni karteli; ekstrakcija resursa zajedničke imovine; koalicije i međunarodno pregovaranje. Autor u ovome radu pretpostavlja elementarno znanje o tehnici teorije igara, a koliko god je bilo moguće, analiza je prikazana na netehnički način.The game theory as a theory of interactive decision-making formalizes the modeling of social processes by creating an analytical basis for analyzing decision- making in the circumstances of risks, and the actors’ cooperation or non-cooperation. The concepts of the core, Nash and Stackelberg’s equilibrium, stohastic and differential games, transferable utility, cooperative and non-cooperative games, illustrate the scope of issues in international economy that are applicable to the game theory. The author analyses several instances of the game theory in international economy: various national tariff policies and the creation of tariff unions; international cartels; extraction of the resources of joint property; coalitions and international negotiations. The author presupposes a smattering of knowledge of the game theory technique; as far as possible, the analysis is carried out non-technically