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Albers, W., Güth, W., Hammerstein, P., Moldovanu, B., van Damme, E. (1997). On the State of the Art in Game Theory: An Interview with Robert Aumann. In: Albers, W., Güth, W., Hammerstein, P., Moldovanu, B., van Damme, E. (eds) Understanding Strategic Interaction. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60495-9_2

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