Wednesday, August 29, 2007

 

Game Theory, Economics and Strategy.

I am reading and searching many mathematical books, almost all are related with law, economics and game theory.

There are several books I strongly recommand.

(Clicks the picture of right-hand-side to see the details in Amazon)

1. Game Theory and Strategy (New Mathematical Library) (Paperback) by Philip
D. Straffin (Author)

This is an excellent introduction of game theory, Professor Straffin explains the game theory in English. He is not expected the reader with strong background in mathematic. Moreover, it is not only a mathematical reading in English. There are many excellent example in term of social science, economics.

2. An Introduction to Game Theory by Martin J. Osborne (Hardcover - Aug 1, 2003)

3. A Course in Game Theory by Martin J. Osborne and Ariel Rubinstein
(Paperback - Jul 12, 1994)

There are two textbook from a same author, Professor Osborne.
Professor Osborne address the game theory in different level;
graduate level and undergraduate, respectivley.


There is a Professor Osborne page-link.

Monday, August 06, 2007

 
Over the last few months, I am going to write a paper about "Economics analysis of capital market". I found it is not a easy subject, neither how to write a academic paper in term of less mathematical, nor it is abstract. New Institutional Economics; for the people who are not familiar with this subject, please click "New Institutional Economics" to get the related externl link.

New Institutional Economics is a interesting subject, however, it is not easy to get the knowledge indepth.

Anyway, back to my paper subject, I try to treat the market as a "Organization". Trying to research the nature of the market. There is a book which is informative for me to gain the knowledges about NIE.


Institutions and Economic Theory: The Contribution of the New Institutional Economics (Economics, Cognition, and Society) (Paperback)
by Eirik G. Furubotn (Author), Rudolf Richter (Author)

There is a link from amazon