Beautiful Game Theory: How Soccer Can Help Economics

by Ignacio Palacios-Huerta

Book Overview

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 Theory is the first book that uses soccer to test economic theories and document novel human behavior.In this brilliant and entertaining...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691144028
• ISBN13: 9780691144023
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"