Collective action and exchange : a game-theoretic approach to contemporary political economy - Ferguson, William D., 1953- (Stanford, California : Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013)
Introduction : a farmers' market -- Collective-action problems and innovative theory -- The basic economics of collective action -- Enforcement, coordination, and second-order collective-action problems -- Seizing advantage : strategic moves and power in exchange -- Basic motivation : rational egoists and reciprocal players -- Foundations of motivation: rationality and social preference -- Institutions, organizations, and institutional systems -- Informal institutions -- Internal resolution via group self-organization -- Third-party enforcement, formal institutions, and interactions with self-governance -- Social networks and collective action -- Policy and political economy -- Knowledge, collective action, institutions, location, and growth.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-409) and index.
Keywords: Game theory; Economics -- Mathematical models