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Theory of Games and Economic Behavior

Theory of Games and Economic Behavior is written by mathematician John von Neumann and economist Oskar Morgenstern and became the groundbreaking text that created the research field of game theory. It is considered the classic work upon which modern-day game theory is based.

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