Games in economic development /

Games in Economic Development examines the roots of poverty and prosperity through the lens of elementary game theory, illustrating how patterns of human interaction can lead to vicious cycles of poverty as well as virtuous cycles of prosperity. This book shows how both social norms and carefully de...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wydick, Bruce, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Development economics.
Game theory.
Économie du développement.
Théorie des jeux.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
Spieltheorie
Entwicklungsökonomie
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Speltheorie.
Ontwikkelingseconomie.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Economic development, interdependence, and incentives
  • Games
  • Development traps and coordination games
  • Rural poverty, development and the environment
  • Risk, solidarity networks, and reciprocity
  • Understanding agrarian institutions
  • Savings, credit, and microfinance
  • Social learning and technology adoption
  • Property rights, governance, and corruption
  • Conflict, violence, and development
  • Social capital
  • The political economy of trade and development
  • Appendix
  • Exercises for interested readers
  • References
  • Index.

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