{"product_id":"beautiful-game-theory-ignacio-palacios-huerta-9780691169255","title":"Beautiful Game Theory: How Soccer Can Help Economics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book to use the world's most popular sport to test economic theories and document novel human behavior\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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. \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Game Theory\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book that uses soccer to test economic theories and document novel human behavior. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this brilliant and entertaining book, Ignacio Palacios-Huerta illuminates economics through the world's most popular sport. He offers unique and often startling insights into game theory and microeconomics, covering topics such as mixed strategies, discrimination, incentives, and human preferences. He also looks at finance, experimental economics, behavioral economics, and neuroeconomics. Soccer provides rich data sets and environments that shed light on universal economic principles in interesting and useful ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEssential reading for students, researchers, and sports enthusiasts, \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Game Theory is the first book to show \u003c\/i\u003ewhat soccer can do for economics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ignacio Palacios-Huerta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 069116925X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691169255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Ignacio Palacios-Huerta","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925624389887,"sku":"9780691169255","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f773b9c7-e0f7-41cb-ae8b-9783a6bb3ed6.jpg?v=1681078376","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beautiful-game-theory-ignacio-palacios-huerta-9780691169255","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}