Jane Austen, Game Theorist

by Michael Suk-Young Chwe

Book Overview

How the works of Jane Austen show that game theory is present in all human behavior

Game theory--the study of how people make choices while interacting with others--is one of the most popular technical approaches in social science today. But as Michael Chwe reveals in his insightful new book, Jane Austen explored game theory's core ideas in her six novels roughly two hundred years ago. Jane Austen, Game Theorist shows how this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691155763
• ISBN13: 9780691155760
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"