CLASSICS IN GAME THEORY ASSEMBLES IN ONE SOURCEBOOK THE BASIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD THAT FOLLOWED ON THE PUBLICATION OF THEORY OF GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR BY HOHN VON NEUMANN AND OSKAR MORGENSTERN (PRINCETON,1994). THE TEORY OF GAMES, FIRST GIVEN A RIGOROUS FORMULATION BY VON NEUMANN IN A PAPER IN 1928, IS A SUBFIELD OF MATHEMATICS AND ECONOMICS THAT MODELS SITUATIONS IN WHICH INDIVIALS COMPETE ANS COOPERATE WITH EACH OTHER.