Theory of Games and Economic Behavior

Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
	60th anniversary edition, 2004
Author	John von Neumann, Oskar Morgenstern
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Game theory
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Princeton University Press
Publication date	1944
Media type	Print, e-book
Pages	xviii, 625 p. (1st edition)
ISBN	978-0691130613 (60th anniversary edition)
OCLC	1629708

Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, published in 1944^[1] by Princeton University Press, is a book by mathematician John von Neumann and economist Oskar Morgenstern which is considered the groundbreaking text that created the interdisciplinary research field of game theory.^[2] 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."

^ Copeland, A. H. (1945). "Review: Theory of Games and Economic Behavior by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (7): 498–504. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1945-08391-8.
^ Mirowski, Philip (1992). "What Were von Neumann and Morgenstern Trying to Accomplish?". In Weintraub, E. Roy (ed.). Toward a History of Game Theory. Durham: Duke University Press. pp. 113–147. ISBN 0-8223-1253-0.

[1] Copeland, A. H. (1945). "Review: Theory of Games and Economic Behavior by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (7): 498–504. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1945-08391-8.

[2] Mirowski, Philip (1992). "What Were von Neumann and Morgenstern Trying to Accomplish?". In Weintraub, E. Roy (ed.). Toward a History of Game Theory. Durham: Duke University Press. pp. 113–147. ISBN 0-8223-1253-0.

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