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(0)Ariel Rubinstein
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Publisher
Open Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
"Part memoir, part crash-course in economic theory, this deeply engaging book by one of the world's foremost economists looks at economic ideas through a personal lens. Together with an introduction to some of the central concepts in modern economic thought, Ariel Rubinstein offers some powerful and entertaining reflections on his childhood, family and career. In doing so, he challenges many of the central tenets of game theory, and sheds light on...
Author
Publisher
Open Book Publishers
Description
"Models in Microeconomic Theory covers basic models in current microeconomic theory. Part I (Chapters 1-7) presents models of an economic agent, discussing abstract models of preferences, choice, and decision making under uncertainty, before turning to models of the consumer, the producer, and monopoly. Part II (Chapters 8-14) introduces the concept of equilibrium, beginning, unconventionally, with the models of the jungle and an economy with indivisible...
Author
Publisher
Open Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"While current economic theory focuses on prices and games, this book models economic settings where harmony is established through one of the following societal conventions: 1. A power relation according to which stronger agents are able to force weaker ones to do things against their will. 2. A norm that categorizes actions as permissible or forbidden. 3. A status relation over alternatives which limits each agent's choices. 4. Systematic biases...