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Rational Choice - by Itzhak Gilboa (Paperback)

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  • A nontechnical, concise, and rigorous introduction to the rational choice paradigm, focusing on basic insights applicable in fields ranging from economics to philosophy.This book offers a rigorous, concise, and nontechnical introduction to some of the fundamental insights of rational choice theory.
  • About the Author: Itzhak Gilboa is Professor of Economics and Decision Sciences at HEC (École des Hautes Études Commerciales), Paris, and Professor of Economics at Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University.
  • 176 Pages
  • Business + Money Management, Economics

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A nontechnical, concise, and rigorous introduction to the rational choice paradigm, focusing on basic insights applicable in fields ranging from economics to philosophy.



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A nontechnical, concise, and rigorous introduction to the rational choice paradigm, focusing on basic insights applicable in fields ranging from economics to philosophy.

This book offers a rigorous, concise, and nontechnical introduction to some of the fundamental insights of rational choice theory. It draws on formal theories of microeconomics, decision making, games, and social choice, and on ideas developed in philosophy, psychology, and sociology. Itzhak Gilboa argues that economic theory has provided a set of powerful models and broad insights that have changed the way we think about everyday life. He focuses on basic insights of the rational choice paradigm--the general conceptualization rather than a particular theory--that survive recent (and well-justified) critiques of economic theory's various failures. Gilboa explains the main concepts in language accessible to the nonspecialist, offering a nonmathematical guide to some of the main ideas developed in economic theory in the second half of the twentieth century.

Chapters cover feasibility and desirability, utility maximization, constrained optimization, expected utility, probability and statistics, aggregation of preferences, games and equilibria, free markets, and rationality and emotions. Online appendixes offer additional material, including a survey of relevant mathematical concepts.



About the Author



Itzhak Gilboa is Professor of Economics and Decision Sciences at HEC (École des Hautes Études Commerciales), Paris, and Professor of Economics at Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University. He is the coauthor (with David Schmeidler) of Theory of Case-Based Decisions and the author of Theory of Decision under Uncertainty.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.7 Inches (H) x 5.7 Inches (W) x .5 Inches (D)
Weight: .61 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 176
Genre: Business + Money Management
Sub-Genre: Economics
Publisher: MIT Press
Theme: Theory
Format: Paperback
Author: Itzhak Gilboa
Language: English
Street Date: August 17, 2012
TCIN: 1005013650
UPC: 9780262518055
Item Number (DPCI): 247-17-1167
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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