Join the Department of Economics and Economica for the Perspectives on Economic Theory conference. The Perspectives on Economic Theory conference is an opportunity for the Economic Theory community to ...

Managers generally have one of two perspectives regarding their employees. Many years ago a professor named Douglas McGregor dubbed these perspectives Theory X and Theory Y. Theory X assumes that ...

The term “personality” has been defined in different ways, but here we will define it to mean the study of individual differences. Why do people differ from one another? Why do people behave ...

What if you could predict your competitor’s next move before they even made it? Game theory gives you the tools to do just that. Have you ever noticed how a new product launched by one brand often ...

Merton, Robert C. "Theory of Finance from the Perspective of Continuous Time." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 10 (November 1975): 659–674.

Woman looking at the time. Source: Mikhail Nilov/Pexels Have you ever thought about how often you check the time during the day? It’s probably at least 50 times, since we’re constantly looking at our ...

But what does game theory look like in practice? What kinds of ‘games’ fall under this concept, and how do they enhance our understanding of strategic behavior in real-life situations? In this article ...