The place of the economist John Nash in the pantheon of "greats" in game theory, and economics in general, is not based on the development of powerful new mathematical methods but rather on some ...

The mathematical framework of psychological game theory is useful for describing many forms of motivation where preferences depend directly on one’s own or others’ beliefs. It allows for incorporating ...

THIS book is based on the theory that the economic man attempts to maximize his share of the world's goods and services in the same way that a participant in a game involving many players attempts to ...

Human behavior drives the evolution of biological organisms in ways that can profoundly adversely impact human welfare. Understanding people's incentives when they do so is essential to identify ...

“They’ve been talked about as likely winners for a long time now, so it’s not really a huge surprise they’ve been chosen,” Princeton economics professor Dilip Abreu GS ’83 said. “It was a matter of ...