Games in economic development

Wydick, Bruce.

Games in economic development Bruce Wydick. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xviii, 294 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-285) and index.

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.

9780521687157 (pbk.)

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Development economics.
Game theory.

HD75 / .W955 2008

338.90015193 W97G



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