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First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xii, 289 p.; diagrs.; 24 cm. Subjects: Economics, Mathematical. 3 Kg.

First Edition. 8vo, pp. xii, 289, [3 blank]; a very good copy in the original publisher's blue cloth, lettered spine; corners bumped and a little worn, edges rubbed, spine sunned, small chip to cloth on the front cover; faded stamp to the lower cover; from the library of Sir Charles Frederick Carter FBA (see below), with his initials in ink to the front endpaper and a copy of his review of this book published in The Economic Journal tipped in.First edition. Nyblen's study, his doctoral dissertation, builds on the work of von Neumann and Morgenstern to apply game theory to fundamental economic concepts like interest, money, and cycles. Nyblen suggests that economic phenomena are best understood as outcomes of strategic interactions.Sir Charles Frederick Carter FBA (1919-2002) read Mathematics and Economics at St John's College, Cambridge. He returned to Cambridge inn 1945, as a lecturer in statistics and later as a fellow of Emmanuel College, before taking the Chair of Applied Economics at Queen's University, Belfast. Whilst in Northern Ireland he chaired the Northern Ireland Economic Development Council. In 1959 he took the Stanley Jevons chair in Manchester. His studies concerned primarily the impact of expectations in decision-making. In 1963, he became the founding Vice-Chancellor of the new University of Lancaster.