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Game Theory

  • Rational Ritualby Michael Suk-Young Chwe

    Princeton University Press 2013; US$ 22.95

    Why do Internet, financial service, and beer commercials dominate Super Bowl advertising? How do political ceremonies establish authority? Why does repetition characterize anthems and ritual speech? Why were circular forms favored for public festivals during the French Revolution? This book answers these questions using a single concept: common knowledge.... more...

  • Jane Austen, Game Theoristby Michael Suk-Young Chwe

    Princeton University Press 2013; US$ 35.00

    Game theory--the study of how people make choices while interacting with others--is one of the most popular technical approaches in social science today. But as Michael Chwe reveals in his insightful new book, Jane Austen explored game theory's core ideas in her six novels roughly two hundred years ago. Jane Austen, Game Theorist shows how this... more...

  • Internal Game Theoryby Tassos Patokos

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 140.00

    Traditional game theory requires at least two individuals. This book extends game theory to the inner workings of a single person. Using game theory to analyse single individuals makes sense if one thinks of individuals as consisting of two or more relatively autonomous partitions that might have conflicting motives. This is not to say that individuals... more...

  • Game Theoryby E. N. Barron

    Wiley 2013; US$ 110.00

    An exciting new edition of the popular introduction to game theory and its applications The thoroughly expanded Second Edition presents a unique, hands-on approach to game theory. While most books on the subject are too abstract or too basic for mathematicians, Game Theory: An Introduction, Second Edition offers a blend of theory and applications,... more...

  • Value Solutions in Cooperative Gamesby Roger A. McCain

    World Scientific Publishing Company 2013; US$ 114.00

    This book introduces new concepts for cooperative game theory, and particularly solutions that determine the distribution of a coalitional surplus among the members of the coalition. It also addresses several generalizations of cooperative game theory. Drawing on methods of welfare economics, new value solutions are derived for Non-Transferable Utility... more...

  • Ethical Reflections on the Financial Crisis 2007/2008by Wilfried Ver Eecke

    Springer 2013; US$ 39.99

    In this book the author reflects on the philosophical and ethical bases of the financial crisis 2007-08 and the subsequent recession. He finds in Adam Smith solid arguments for the new free market economy, capitalism, but also arguments for a  role for the government in the case of public goods (roads) and of merit goods (education, control of... more...

  • Game Theoryby Michael Maschler; Eilon Solan; Shmuel Zamir

    Cambridge University Press 2013; US$ 79.00

    A comprehensive introduction to game theory, incorporating exercises, examples and advanced topics. more...

  • Hometown Investment Trust Fundsby Naoyuki Yoshino; Sahoko Kaji

    Springer 2013; US$ 99.99

    This book records the first success stories of a new form of financial intermediation, the hometown investment fund, that has become a national strategy in Japan, partly to meet the need to finance small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.The hometown investment fund has three main advantages.... more...

  • The Global Financial Crisisby Satyendra Nayak

    Springer 2013; US$ 64.99

    ?The Financial Crisis, though originating in the US, is global and comparable with the Great Depression of the 1930s. The book takes both micro and macro view of the crisis. It examines the evolution of the global monetary system and looks at the crisis from a systemic angle. It examines the institutional changes in American capitalism and market mechanisms.... more...

  • Networks Against Timeby Anna Nagurney; Min Yu; Amir H. Masoumi; Ladimer S. Nagurney

    Springer 2013; US$ 39.99

    Despite significant achievements, thediscipline of supply chain management is still unable to satisfactorily handlemany practical real-world challenges.  The authors of Networks AgainstTime claim that a unified supply chain network analytics framework isneeded which should be able to handle optimization and competitive behaviorwhile also maintain... more...