Beautiful Game Theory - How Soccer Can Help Economics

Zusatztext " Beautiful Game Theory shows what it is like to think deeply about a sport and to test your ideas with data. . . . [I]t is a book I recommend unconditionally to those economists with even a passing sport." ---John Considine, Sportseconomics.org Informationen zum Autor Ignacio Palacios-Huerta is professor of management, economics, and strategy at the London School of Economics, and head of talent identification at Athletic Club de Bilbao, a professional soccer club in Spain. Klappentext "This stimulating book shows that an understanding of economic ideas gives deep insights into soccer play, and that soccer provides important evidence to test various theories of economic behavior, such as efficient markets and social influences on behavior. You do not have to be a soccer fan to learn from and enjoy this engaging book." --Gary S. Becker, University of Chicago and Nobel Laureate in Economics "This is an excellent book by an author who has made innovative and powerful contributions to our understanding of soccer and economics." --Stefan Szymanski, coauthor of Soccernomics "Palacios-Huerta is perhaps the preeminent economist using sports applications to help us learn about economics." --J. James Reade, University of Reading Zusammenfassung 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 tha

Product details

• Authors: Ignacio Palacios-Huerta, Ignatio Palacios-Huerta, Palacios-Huerta Ignacio
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.04.2016
• EAN: 9780691169255
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16925-5
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; SPORTS & RECREATION / Soccer, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, MATHEMATICS / Game Theory, Economic theory & philosophy, game theory, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer), Economic theory and philosophy