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Super Crunchers
Random House Publishing Group 2007; US$ 16.00Why would a casino try and stop you from losing? How can a mathematical formula find your future spouse? Would you know if a statistical analysis blackballed you from a job you wanted? Today, number crunching affects your life in ways you might never imagine. In this lively and groundbreaking new book, economist Ian Ayres shows how today's best... more...
Carrots and Sticks
Random House Publishing Group 2010; US$ 26.00Could you lose weight if you put $20,000 at risk? Would you finally set up your billing software if it meant that your favorite charity would earn a new contribution? If you?ve ever tried to meet a goal and came up short, the problem may not have been that the goal was too difficult or that you lacked the discipline to succeed. From giving up cigarettes... more...
Optional Law
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 46.00Spurred by the advances in option theory that have been remaking financial and economic scholarship over the past thirty years, a revolution is taking shape in the way legal scholars conceptualize property and the way it is protected by the law. Ian Ayres's Optional Law explores how option theory is overthrowing many accepted wisdoms and producing... more...
Super Crunchers
John Murray 2008; US$ 22.64Companies used to rely on human experts and their years of experience to guide them. Now, cutting-edge organizations are mining the data and crunching numbers instead, to come up with more accurate, less biased predictions. As Freakonomics detailed, statistical analysis can reveal the secret levers of causation. But economist Ian Ayres argues that... more...
Super Crunchers
John Murray 2008; Not AvailableCompanies used to rely on human experts and their years of experience to guide them. Now, cutting-edge organizations are mining the data and crunching numbers instead, to come up with more accurate, less biased predictions. As Freakonomics detailed, statistical analysis can reveal the secret levers of causation. But economist Ian Ayres argues that... more...
Responsive Regulation
Oxford University Press 1994; US$ 60.00This study attempts to transcend current debates on government regulation by outlining how regulations can be a fruitful combination of persuasion and sanctions. The authors draw on empirical studies and game theory to illustrate innovative solutions to this problem. more...
Lifecycle Investing
Basic Books 2010; US$ 24.95A bold, new investment strategy: diversify your portfolio over your lifetime more...
Straightforward
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 42.00What can straight people do to support gay rights? How much work or sacrifice must allies take on to do their share? Ian Ayres and Jennifer Brown--law professors, activists, husband and wife--propose practical strategies for helping straight men and women advocate for and with the gay community. Straightforward advances a thesis that is at once... more...
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