Section 3 discusses investment theory and the information economics revolution. A catalog record for this book is available from the british library. Review john douglas bishop 2012 journal of business ethics 108 1. Jack hirshleifer has 15 books on goodreads with 158 ratings. The analytics of uncertainty and information jack hirshleifer, john g.
His earliest work was on investment theory, notably his resurrection of the fisherian real theory of investment and interest 1958, 1970. One is in teaching the reader how to think like an economist, at a level both elementary and deep. View citations in econpapers 88 track citations by rss feed. Jack hirshleifer 19252005 contributed to investment theory, information economics, conflict, and bioeconomics, clarified the foundations of investment and capital theory in the spirit of. Principles of financial economics shandong university. Decisions, markets, and information, by jack hirshleifer, amihai glazer, david hirshleifer.
He is married to siew hong teoh, deans professor of accounting at the university of california at irvine. Early in his career, he was instrumental in the information economics revolution. He served in editorial position for the journal of finance from 2003 to 2011. Kurtz chair of finance at the ohio state university. Price theory and applications by jack hirshleifer book 2 editions published between and in spanish and held by 4 worldcat member libraries worldwide this new seventh edition of price theory and applications adds extensive discussion of information, uncertainty, and game theory. His undergraduate textbook, price theory and applications, went into seven editions. On the economics of transfer pricing, journal of business, 29, 172189. It contains over a hundred examples illustrating the applicability of economic analysis not only to mainline economic topics but also issues in politics, history. Section 2 sets out jack hirshleifers background and career. Books by jack hirshleifer author of price theory and. He extended his analysis to include one of the earliest attempts to formalize a theory of. Working papers journal articles books and chapters software components. Jack hirshleifer, professor emeritus of economics, died july 26, 2005, bringing to a close a career marked by wide ranging interests and brilliant contributions to the subfields of information economics, investment and capital theory, bioeconomics, and the economic theory of conflict. Handbook of defense economics vol 1, pages 1606 1995.
Jack hirshleifers most popular book is price theory and applications. Investing in information can be valuable if that information leads to a benefit or a reduction in costs or losses as a result of better decisions hirshleifer and riley. The writings of the american economist jack hirshleifer 19252005 are considered some of the most influential contributions to the economics of conflict. He then taught at the university of chicago from 1955 to 1960, and at ucla until 2001. Library of congress cataloging in publication data hirshleifer, jack. Riley and sushil bikchandani there has been explosive progress in the economic theory of uncertainty and information in the past few decades. Email your librarian or administrator to recommend adding this book to your organisations collection. Naval reserve during world war ii, hirshleifer completed. Perfect competition and monopoly, monopolistic competition and. David is the son of jack hirshleifer, a deceased ucla economics professor. The analytics of uncertainty and information by jack hirshleifer. Comments on gordon tullocks the economics of conflict, ucla economics working papers 454, ucla department of economics. The private and social value of information and the reward to. It unifies many important but partial results into a satisfying single picture, making it clear how the economics of uncertainty and information generalises and extends standard economic analysis.
Jack hirshleifer was an economic theorist with broadranging interests. The questions that are asked about one part can be asked about all. Jack hirshleifer stakes prisoners dilemma experiments. The analytics of uncertainty and information jack hirshleifer, hirshleifer jack, john g.
Download book the analytics of uncertainty and information pdf the analytics of uncertainty and information by jack hirshleifer and john g. Do you ever before recognize the book the analytics of uncertainty and information cambridge surveys of economic literature, by sushil bikhchandani, jack hirshleifer, john g. Jack hirshleifer august 26, 1925 july 26, 2005 was an american economist and longtime. This book is part of the cambridge surveys of economic literature series and is an. Price theory and applications is a classic, but one that refreshes itself with every edition. The repec plagiarism page on the economics of transfer pricing. He worked at the rand corporation in santa monica from 1949 to 1955.
On the absence of corporations in bernard hodgsons economics as a moral science. There has been explosive progress in the economic theory of uncertainty and information in the past few decades. Economics, microeconomics, organisation studies, management. Two areas in economics have especially felt the impact of his work. Game theory and social modelling, ucla economics working.
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