This is a new edition - with a substantial new introduction - of a book which has had a significant impact on economics, philosophy and political science. Robert Sugden shows how conventions of property, mutual aid, and voluntary supply of public goods can evolve spontaneously out of the...

Recent applications of evolutionary game theory in the merging fields of the mathematical and social sciences are brilliantly portrayed in this book, which highlights social physics and shows how the approach can help to quantitatively model complex human-environmental-social systems. First,...

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Basic theory of In 2 × 2 games (1 Non-linear dynamical system, 2 2×2 games, 3 Multi-players games) -- Chapter 3 Network reciprocity (1 Five fundamental mechanism to add social viscosity, 2 Substantial mechanism of network reciprocity, 3 Discrete, mixed and...

The theory on the evolution of preferences deals with the endogenous formation of preference relations in strategic situations. It is related to the field of evolutionary game theory. In this book we analyze the role and the influence of general, possibly non-expected utility preferences in such...

1: Einführung -- 2: Internationale Werbebudgetierung bei unterschiedlichen Unternehmensorganisationen -- 1. Werbebudgetaufteilung bei polyzentrischer Organisation des Unternehmens -- 2. Werbebudgetaufteilung bei geozentrischer Organisation des Unternehmens -- 3. Werbebudgetaufteilung bei...

This book contributes to behavioral economic research on the central issue of social preferences, focusing on the implications of social fairness norms on the interaction of market participants. The author uses both game-theoretic and experimental methods to analyze the implications of social...

In this book, economist and evolutionary game theorist Daniel Freidman demonstrates that our moral codes and our market systems, while often in conflict, are really devices evolved to achieve similar ends, and that society functions best when morals and markets are in balance with each other.

This book is intended as a textbook for a course in behavioral economics for advanced undergraduate and graduate students who have already learned basic economics. The book will also be useful for introducing behavioral economics to researchers. Unlike some general audience books that discuss...

This unique book on international business presents a critical review of the role of bounded rationality in internationalization process (IP) research. Corporate internationalization processes have been a subject of scientific debate for several decades. However, it is questionable whether...