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.

If you wish to link to these pages, please use www.dklevine.com and not levine.sscnet.ucla.edu. Thanks, David.

A Long Run Collaboration:

A Long Run Collaboration on Long Run Games bringing together Drew's and my work on the subject from the early 1980s to the present. [Posted at 01/20/2009 01:08 PM by David K. Levine ]

Against Intellectual Monopoly:

Michele's and my book about copyrights and patents from Cambridge University Press is out. You can order it on Amazon or the publisher Cambridge University Press 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 07/11/2008 02:20 PM 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 ]

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

"Is Behavioral Economics Doomed?" [06/20/09]
"Market Structure and Property Rights in Open Source" [05/06/09] (with M. Boldrin)
"The Relationship of Economic Theory to Experiments" [02/03/09]
"Self Control, Risk Aversion, and the Allais Paradox" [01/24/09] (with D. Fudenberg)
"A Model of Discovery" [01/20/09] (with M. Boldrin)

Questions about economic or game theory? Try our forum.

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.