Game Theory for Political Scientists

TL;DR: In this article , a theory that emphasizes the impact of change in the distribution of capabilities, called dynamic differentials, is presented, which takes the form of a deductive argument about the probability of major war in relation to shifting capabilities among states and how these changes feed into their interplay at the apex of the international system.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider a model in which members of the legislature act noncooperatively in choosing strategies to serve their own districts, explicitly taking into account the strategies members adopt in response to the sequential nature of proposal making and voting.

TL;DR: In this paper, a specific bargaining game is studied, motivated by the speech-making, bill-proposing, and bill-vetoing observed in legislative processes, and two players, a chooser and a proposer, with the preferences of the chooser not known to the proposer.