Theory of Games and Economic Behavior

For the mathematical journal with a similar name, see Games and Economic Behavior.

Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
60th anniversary edition, 2004 Author John von Neumann, Oskar MorgensternCountry United StatesLanguage English Subject(s) Game theoryGenre(s) Science Publisher Princeton University PressPublication date 1944 Media type book Pages xviii, 625 p. (1st edition) ISBN ISBN 978-0-691-13061-3(60th anniversary edition) OCLC 1629708

Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, published in 1944 by Princeton University Press, is a book by mathematician John von Neumann and economist Oskar Morgenstern which is widely considered the pathbreaking text that created the interdisciplinary research field of game theory. In the introduction of its 60th anniversary commemorative edition from the Princeton University Press, the book is described as "the classic work upon which modern-day game theory is based."

The book is based on prior research by von Neumann, published in 1928 under the German title "Zur Theorie der Gesellschaftsspiele" ("On the Theory of Parlor Games").

References

John von Neumann: "Zur Theorie der Gesellschaftsspiele", Mathematische Annalen, 100, pp. 295–300 (1928).
John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern: Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, Princeton University Press (1944).
A.H. Copeland: (1945). "Review of 'The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior", Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 51, pp. 498–504.
Leonid Hurwicz (1945). "The Theory of Economic Behavior", American Economic Review 35, pp. 909-925.
Carl Kaysen (1946–47). "A Revolution in Economic Theory?" Review of Economic Studies 14(1), pp. 1–15.
Jacob Marschak (1946). "Neumann's and Morgenstern's New Approach to Static Economics", Journal of Political Economy 54, pp. 97–115.
Oskar Morgenstern (1976). "The Collaboration Between Oskar Morgenstern and John von Neumann on the Theory of Games," Journal of Economic Literature, 14(3), pp. 805-816.
Richard Stone (1948). "The Theory of Games", Economic Journal 58, pp. 185–201.
Website of the commemorative edition of the book Theory of Games and Economic Behavior