The evaluation of labour market and other public policies has become increasingly important in recent years. In an era of tight government budgets, a thorough analysis of these measures is imperative. This book provides a comprehensive overview and assessment of the most relevant...

Basic decision and preference theory -- Household theory and theory of the firm -- Games and industrial organization -- Bargaining theory and Pareto optimality -- Bayesian games and mechanism design -- Perfect competition and competition policy -- Contracts and principal-agent theories.