Jane Austen, Game Theorist : : Updated Edition / / Michael Suk-Young Chwe.

Game theory-the study of how people make choices while interacting with others-is one of the most popular technical approaches in social science today. But as Michael Chwe reveals in his insightful new book, Jane Austen explored game theory's core ideas in her six novels roughly two hundred yea...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
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Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Updated edition with a New Afterword
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.) :; 5 line illus. 9 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • CHAPTER TWO. Game Theory in Context
  • CHAPTER THREE. Folktales and Civil Rights
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Flossie and the Fox
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Jane Austen's Six Novels
  • CHAPTER SIX. Austen's Foundations of Game Theory
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. Austen's Competing Models
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. Austen on What Strategic Thinking Is Not
  • CHAPTER NINE. Austen's Innovations
  • CHAPTER TEN. Austen on Strategic Thinking's Disadvantages
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN. Austen's Intentions
  • CHAPTER TWELVE. Austen on Cluelessness
  • CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Real-World Cluelessness
  • CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Concluding Remarks
  • Afterword to the Paperback Edition
  • References
  • Index