| Description |
v, 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Learning -- Three useful distinctions -- Sex ratios: the gold standard of game theory -- Hawk-dove and rights -- Costly signaling and aesthetics -- Buried signals and modesty -- Evidence games and spin -- Motivated reasoning -- The repeated prisoner's dilemma and altruism -- Norm enforcement -- Categorical norms -- Higher-order beliefs -- Subgame perfection and justice -- The hidden role of primary rewards. |
| Summary |
"Moshe Hoffman is a research scientist at the MIT Media Lab Human Dynamics Group and lecturer at Harvard's department of economics. His research focuses on using game theory, models of learning and evolution, and experimental methods to decipher the motives that shape our social behavior, preferences, and ideologies. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Erez Yoeli is a research associate at MIT's Sloan School of Management, where he directs the Applied Cooperation Team (ACT). His research focuses on altruism: understanding how it works and how to promote it. Yoeli collaborates with governments, nonprofits, and companies to apply the lessons of this research towards addressing real-world challenges like increasing energy conservation, improving antibiotic adherence, reducing smoking in public places, and promoting philanthropy. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-339) and index. |
| Subject |
Game theory.
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Human behavior.
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| Added Author |
Yoeli, Erez, author.
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| ISBN |
9781541619470 (hardcover) |
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