History of Game Theory

Overviews

• Mathematicians as Great Economists: John Forbes Nash, Jr.
  by Matthew J. Ryan
  in Agenda, Volume 9, Number 2 (2002), 121-134.
  Excellent brief presentation of the impact of the Nash equilibrium concept on economics generally.

Cournot oligopoly

• Cournot's duopoly model
  Presentation by Martin Osborne, in quantity terms.
  Osborne offers a very good brief overview of the economics of the firm.

• Antoine Augustin Cournot, 1801-1877
  History of Economic Thought Website, New School for Social Research.

• The Legacy of Augustin Cournot
  University of North Carolina Working Paper by James W. Friedman, Nov. 16, 1999.
  Friedman is a well-know game theorist.
  See his paper "On the Strategic Importance of Prices versus Quantities" in RAND Journal of Economics, 19 (1988):607-622.
  To find it, go to JSTOR and enter au:"James W. Friedman" in the search box.