Beautiful Game Theory: How Soccer Can Help Economics by Ignacio Palacios–Huerta

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Palacios–huerta, Ignacio
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9780691144023
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0691144028
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Beautiful Game Theory: How Soccer Can Help Economics
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691144028
ISBN-13
9780691144023
eBay Product ID (ePID)
175201234

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
224 Pages
Publication Name
Beautiful Game Theory : How Soccer Can Help Economics
Language
English
Subject
Game Theory, Business Aspects, Soccer, Economics / Theory
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Author
Ignacio Palacios-Huerta
Subject Area
Mathematics, Sports & Recreation, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2014-003345
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"This is an excellent book by an author who has made innovative and powerful contributions to our understanding of soccer and economics." --Stefan Szymanski, coauthor of Soccernomics, Beautiful Game Theory shows what it is like to think deeply about a sport and to test your ideas with data. . . . [I]t is a book I recommend unconditionally to those economists with even a passing sport. ---John Considine, Sportseconomics.org, "This stimulating book shows that an understanding of economic ideas gives deep insights into soccer play, and that soccer provides important evidence to test various theories of economic behavior, such as efficient markets and social influences on behavior. You do not have to be a soccer fan to learn from and enjoy this engaging book." --Gary S. Becker, University of Chicago and Nobel Laureate in Economics, " Beautiful Game Theory shows what it is like to think deeply about a sport and to test your ideas with data. . . . [I]t is a book I recommend unconditionally to those economists with even a passing sport." --John Considine, Sportseconomics.org, "[E]njoyably accessible to nonspecialists, especially sports enthusiasts, who will learn a great deal about soccer, economics, and human behavior more generally." -- Foreign Affairs, "Palacios-Huerta is perhaps the preeminent economist using sports applications to help us learn about economics." --J. James Reade, University of Reading, [E]njoyably accessible to nonspecialists, especially sports enthusiasts, who will learn a great deal about soccer, economics, and human behavior more generally., " Beautiful Game Theory shows what it is like to think deeply about a sport and to test your ideas with data. . . . [I]t is a book I recommend unconditionally to those economists with even a passing sport." ---John Considine, Sportseconomics.org, "[E]njoyably accessible to nonspecialists, especially sports enthusiasts, who will learn a great deal about soccer, economics, and human behavior more generally."-- Foreign Affairs
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
330.01/51932
Synopsis
The first book to use the world's most popular sport to test economic theories and document novel human behavior A wealth of research in recent decades has seen the economic approach to human behavior extended over many areas previously considered to belong to sociology, political science, law, and other fields. Research has also shown that economics can provide insight into many aspects of sports, including soccer. Beautiful Game Theory is the first book that uses soccer to test economic theories and document novel human behavior. In this brilliant and entertaining book, Ignacio Palacios-Huerta illuminates economics through the world's most popular sport. He offers unique and often startling insights into game theory and microeconomics, covering topics such as mixed strategies, discrimination, incentives, and human preferences. He also looks at finance, experimental economics, behavioral economics, and neuroeconomics. Soccer provides rich data sets and environments that shed light on universal economic principles in interesting and useful ways. Essential reading for students, researchers, and sports enthusiasts, Beautiful Game Theory is the first book to show what soccer can do for economics.
LC Classification Number
HB74.P8.P27 2014

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