Managerial Economics - Hardcover

Samuelson, William F.; Marks, Stephen G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470003456 ISBN 13: 9780470003459

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1999

Synopsis

Unique Features

• Pervasive decision–making perspective
• Extensive use of real–world applications
• International applications integrated throughout the text
• Up–to–date coverage of cutting–edge research on important new topics like pricing practices, asymmetric information and organized design, decision making under uncertainity, oligopoly, game theory, public sector decisions, negotiation, competitive bidding
• The analysis begins simply, but it is progressively applied to more challenging decisions.

About this title

About the Author

William F. Samuelson is professor of economics and finance at Boston University School of Management. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. His research interests include game theory, decision theory, bidding, bargaining, and experimental economics. He has published a variety of articles in leading economics and management science journals including The American Economic Review, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Econometrica, The Journal of Finance, Management Service, and Operations Research. His teaching and research have been sponsored by the National Science Foundation and National Institute for Dispute Resolution, among others. He is currently on the editorial boards fo the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and Group Decision and Negotiation.

Stephen G. Marks is professor and associate dean of academic affairs at Boston University School of Law. He received his J.D., M.A., and Ph.D. from the University of California–Berkeley. He has taught in the areas of managerial economics, finance, corporate law, and securities regulation. His research interests include corporate governance, law and economics, finance, and information theory. He has published his research in various law reviews and in such journals as The American Economic Review, The Journal of Legal Studies, and The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

• Pervasive decision–making perspective
• Extensive use of real–world applications
• International applications integrated throughout the text
• Up–to–date coverage of cutting–edge research on important new topics like pricing practices, asymmetric information and organized design, decision making under uncertainity, oligopoly, game theory, public sector decisions, negotiation, competitive bidding
• The analysis begins simply, but it is progressively applied to more challenging decisions.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470003456
• ISBN 13: 9780470003459
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 874