Beautiful Game Theory: How Soccer Can Help Economics

by Ignacio Palacios-Huerta

Book Overview

The first book to use the world's most popular sport to test economic theories and document novel human behavior

A wealth of research in recent decades has seen the economic approach to human behavior extended over many areas previously considered to belong to sociology, political science, law, and other fields. Research has also shown that economics can provide insight into many aspects of sports, including soccer. Beautiful Game...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069116925X
• ISBN13: 9780691169255
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"