Collected Papers In Theoretical Economics: Volume II: Rationality, Games, and Strategic Behaviour - Hardcover

Basu, Kaushik

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019566762X ISBN 13: 9780195667622

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

The rise of game theory around the middle of the twentieth century has profoundly affected the way economic theory is practiced. The present book is a collection of Kaushik Basu's papers on game theory and, more generally, strategic analysis. It includes papers in both pure and applied theory.

About this title

About the Author:

Kaushik Basu is Professor of Economics and C. Marks Professor, Department of Economics, and Director, Program on Comparative Economic Development, Cornell University.

Review:

"It is wonderful to see Kaushik Basu's papers being put together in these volumes. His works have greatly enriched economics and the social sciences, and it is extremely useful to have these essays collected together in this way. This is quite an event for the discipline." -- Amartya Sen, Harvard
University 1998 Nobel Laureate in Economics
"Kaushik Basu displays a rare combination of concern for social justice and a deep understanding of the fundamental issues in economic modeling. The spirit of this collection will provide inspiration for any young economist."-- Ariel Rubenstein, Tel Aviv University and New York University
"Kaushik Basu takes the best analytical tools of microeconomics and uses them to probe the fundamental economic problems that determine wealth and poverty of nations throughout the world. The breadth and depth of his vision is extraordinary."-- Roger Myerson, University of Chicago
"It is wonderful to see Kaushik Basu's papers being put together in these volumes. His works have greatly enriched economics and the social sciences, and it is extremely useful to have these essays collected together in this way. This is quite an event for the discipline." -- Amartya Sen, Harvard
University 1998 Nobel Laureate in Economics
"Kaushik Basu displays a rare combination of concern for social justice and a deep understanding of the fundamental issues in economic modeling. The spirit of this collection will provide inspiration for any young economist."-- Ariel Rubenstein, Tel Aviv University and New York University
"Kaushik Basu takes the best analytical tools of microeconomics and uses them to probe the fundamental economic problems that determine wealth and poverty of nations throughout the world. The breadth and depth of his vision is extraordinary."-- Roger Myerson, University of Chicago
"It is wonderful to see Kaushik Basu's papers being put together in these volumes. His works have greatly enriched economics and the social sciences, and it is extremely useful to have these essays collected together in this way. This is quite an event for the discipline." -- Amartya Sen, Harvard University 1998 Nobel Laureate in Economics
"Kaushik Basu displays a rare combination of concern for social justice and a deep understanding of the fundamental issues in economic modeling. The spirit of this collection will provide inspiration for any young economist."-- Ariel Rubenstein, Tel Aviv University and New York University
"Kaushik Basu takes the best analytical tools of microeconomics and uses them to probe the fundamental economic problems that determine wealth and poverty of nations throughout the world. The breadth and depth of his vision is extraordinary."-- Roger Myerson, University of Chicago
"It is wonderful to see Kaushik Basu's papers being put together in these volumes. His works have greatly enriched economics and the social sciences, and it is extremely useful to have these essays collected together in this way. This is quite an event for the discipline." -- Amartya Sen, Harvard University 1998 Nobel Laureate in Economics

"Kaushik Basu displays a rare combination of concern for social justice and a deep understanding of the fundamental issues in economic modeling. The spirit of this collection will provide inspiration for any young economist."-- Ariel Rubenstein, Tel Aviv University and New York University

"Kaushik Basu takes the best analytical tools of microeconomics and uses them to probe the fundamental economic problems that determine wealth and poverty of nations throughout the world. The breadth and depth of his vision is extraordinary."-- Roger Myerson, University of Chicago

"It is wonderful to see Kaushik Basu's papers being put together in these volumes. His works have greatly enriched economics and the social sciences, and it is extremely useful to have these essays collected together in this way. This is quite an event for the discipline." -- Amartya Sen, Harvard University 1998 Nobel Laureate in Economics

"Kaushik Basu displays a rare combination of concern for social justice and a deep understanding of the fundamental issues in economic modeling. The spirit of this collection will provide inspiration for any young economist."-- Ariel Rubenstein, Tel Aviv University and New York University

"Kaushik Basu takes the best analytical tools of microeconomics and uses them to probe the fundamental economic problems that determine wealth and poverty of nations throughout the world. The breadth and depth of his vision is extraordinary."-- Roger Myerson, University of Chicago

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 019566762X
• ISBN 13: 9780195667622
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224