Economist Michael Chwe has written a book called “Jane Austen: Game Theorist.” Do you need more of a reason to read this post? Video from Michael Chwe’s YouTube channel. I’m a specialist in game ...

Game theory and insights from cognitive psychology can shed light on the economic choices people and corporations make. With more than 2.5 million observations to analyze -- as well as a laboratory ...

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 ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

An analysis of the assumptions generally made in game theory is carried out. The analysis is used as a basis for a review of the collection of articles, dealing with recent developments in ...

So you’re standing at the edge of a cliff, chained by the ankle to someone else. You’ll be released, and one of you will get a large prize, as soon as the other gives in. How do you persuade the other ...

Economic uncertainty, like we are living through right now, can make regular purchasing decisions challenging. Even more so decisions around big life moments, like changing your job, buying a house or ...

Arthur Chu said he played within the rules when utilizing game theory economics. Feb. 3, 2014— -- A contestant on Jeopardy! has been called a villain and blamed for "ruining" the game by using ...

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science was awarded this morning to two scholars who developed the use of game theory to analyze public policy. Robert J. Aumann, a professor emeritus of ...

I n the epilogue of their blockbuster book Mostly Harmless Econometrics (2009), Josh Angrist and Steve Pischke write, “If applied econometrics were easy, theorists would do it.” As academic jokes go, ...

In October 2011, the Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis received an unusual email. "I'm the president of a videogame company," it began. The message was from the head of Valve Software, the influential ...

Economist Michael Chwe has written a book called “Jane Austen: Game Theorist.” Do you need more of a reason to read this post? Video from Michael Chwe’s YouTube channel. I’m a specialist in game ...