The following analysis is meant to contribute to a history of rational choice theory. More specifically, I provide a … multi-layered account of rational choice theory in terms of its biography as a scientific object. I argue that its axiomatic … version, choice theory traveled between different research sites, specified within the context of different mathematical …

mathematical tools. It covers topics such as economic behavior, consumer theory, theory of the firm, partial and general … equilibrium theory, industrial organization, bargaining theory, and Pareto optimality. Students learn not only about economic …

This essay reviews new histories of the role of game theory and rational decision-making in shaping the social sciences … raise a number of complex historical questions about the interconnections among game theory, utility theory, decision-theory …, optimization theory, information theory and theories of rational choice. Moreover the contingencies of time, place, and person call …

This essay reviews new histories of the role of game theory and rational decision-making in shaping the social sciences … number of complex historical questions about the interconnections among game theory, utility theory, decision-theory …, optimization theory, information theory and theories of rational choice. Moreover the contingencies of time, place, and person call …