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The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education, 2nd Edition

Deming, W. Edwards - The MIT Press

, Deming shows how a style based on cooperation rather than competition can help people develop joy in work and learning at the …

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Moral Sentiments and Material Interests: The Foundations of Cooperation in Economic Life

Gintis, Herbert (contributor); Bowles, Samuel (contributor); … - The MIT Press

that cooperation stems not from the stereotypical selfish agent acting out of disguised self-interest but from the presence … implications of this explanation for cooperation. Chapter authors in the remaining parts of the book discuss the behavioral ecology … of cooperation in humans and nonhuman primates, modeling and testing strong reciprocity in economic scenarios, and …

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A Constitution for the European Union

Blankart, Charles B. (contributor); … - The MIT Press

The leaders of European Union member states have declared that a European constitution should take "a clear, open, effective, democratically controlled Community approach." Their goal -- that within the Union, "European institutions should be brought closer to its citizens" -- raises many...

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The Theory of Money and Financial Institutions: Volume 2

Shubik, Martin - The MIT Press

This is the second volume in a three-volume exposition of Martin Shubik's vision of "mathematical institutional economics"—a term he coined in 1959 to describe the theoretical underpinnings needed for the construction of an economic dynamics. The goal is to develop a process-oriented theory of...

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The Theory of Money and Financial Institutions: Volume 1

Shubik, Martin - The MIT Press

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Competitive Strategy: Options and Games

Chevalier-Roignant, Benoit; Trigeorgis, Lenos - The MIT Press

Corporate managers who face both strategic uncertainty and market uncertainty confront a classic trade-off between commitment and flexibility. They can stake a claim by making a large capital investment today, influencing their rivals' behavior; or they can take a "wait and see" approach to...

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Heredity, Family, and Inequality: A Critique of Social Sciences

Beenstock, Michael - The MIT Press

Empirical literature in disciplines ranging from behavioral genetics to economics shows that in virtually every aspect of life the outcomes of children are correlated to a greater or lesser extent with the outcomes of their parents and their siblings. In Heredity, Family, and Inequality, the...

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Optimal Control Theory with Applications in Economics

Weber, Thomas A. - The MIT Press

, and stability analysis. Following this, the book covers the main results of optimal control theory, in particular …

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Special Interest Politics

Grossman, Gene M.; Helpman, Elhanan - The MIT Press

This landmark theoretical book is about the mechanisms by which special interest groups affect policy in modern democracies. Defining a special interest group as any organization that takes action on behalf of an identifiable group of voters, Gene Grossman and Elhanan Helpman ask: How do special...

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A General Theory of Equilibrium Selection in Games

Harsanyi, John C.; Selten, Reinhard - The MIT Press

proposed solution concepts, particularly the Kohberg-Mertens stability theory. …

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