David Levine's Economic and Game Theory Page

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This site uses the tools of modern economics and game theory to explore how the interaction of intelligent goal-seeking individuals determines social outcomes. Find out more about game theory.

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Against Intellectual Monopoly: Against Intellectual Monopoly Michele's and my book about copyrights and patents from Cambridge University Press is available for pre-order from Amazon. It will remain available online. We argue that the only solution to the problem of intellectual monopoly is to get rid of it entirely. [Posted at 06/09/2008 09:23 AM by David K. Levine ]

Experimental Economics: Some ramblings here. [Posted at 12/27/2007 09:59 AM by David K. Levine ]

New Blog About IP Related Issues: Go to http://www.againstmonopoly.org for our latest postings on how monopoly inhibits innovation and how to protect innovation. [Posted at 04/23/2006 06:36 AM by David K. Levine ]

Hot economics on the internet: Economic Theory News lightly screened listing of the latest research in economic theory, NAJ Economics peer reviewed publication on the web [Posted at 05/23/2004 02:14 PM by David K. Levine ]

Latest papers (more papers, more research, more news)

"Market Size and Intellectual Property Protection" [03/04/08] (with M. Boldrin)
"Monopoly and the Incentive to Innovate When Adoption Involves Switchover Disruptions" [02/29/08] (with T. Holmes and J. Schmitz Jr)
"A Large Deviation Theorem for Triangular Arrays" [12/13/07] (with D. Fudenberg)
"Repeated Games with Frequent Signals" [12/13/07] (with D. Fudenberg)
"The Slippery Slope of Concession" [12/05/07] (with J. Hirshleifer and M. Boldrin)

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General interest material about game theory, including an introductory essay, a reading list, and a forum for questions and answers. You can also find information about the work of Armen A. Alchian, Jack Hirshleifer and other general interest material.