Microeconomics : behavior, institutions, and evolution / Samuel Bowles.
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TextSeries: The roundtable series in behavioral economics | The roundtable series in behavioral economicsPublisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2004Description: xi, 584 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
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- 9780691126388 (paperback)
- 338.5 BOW 23 DS1175
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [537]-570) and index.
In this novel introduction to modern microeconomic theory, Samuel Bowles returns to the classical economists' interest in the wealth and poverty of nations and people, the workings of the institutions of capitalist economies, and the coevolution of individual preferences and the structures of markets, firms, and other institutions. Using recent advances in evolutionary game theory, contract theory, behavioral experiments, and the modeling of dynamic processes, he develops a theory of how economic institutions shape individual behavior, and how institutions evolve due to individual actions, te.
Gift of David Satterthwaite.
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