Theory of Games and Economic Behavior

Infobox Book
name = Theory of Games and Economic Behavior


image_caption = 60th anniversary edition, 2004
author = John von Neumann, nowrap|Oskar Morgenstern
country = United States
language = English
subject = Game theory
genre = Science
publisher = Princeton University Press
release_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 groundbreaking 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, p [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8282%28194512%2935%3A5%3C909%3ATTOEB%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePage p. 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, [http://cowles.econ.yale.edu/P/cp/p00a/p0013b.pdf 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), p [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0515%28197609%2914%3A3%3C805%3ATCBOMA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-1&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePage p. 805-] 816.
* Richard Stone (1948). "The Theory of Games", "Economic Journal" 58, p [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-0133%28194806%2958%3A230%3C185%3ATTOG%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePage p. 185–] 201.
* [http://press.princeton.edu/titles/7802.html Website of the commemorative edition of the book "Theory of Games and Economic Behavior"]