Thomas C. Schelling’s psychological decision theory: Introduction to a special issue
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Thomas C. Schelling’s most influential contributions include focal points in coordination games, commitment and credible threats in bargaining, the theory of social dilemmas, and anticipatory selfcommand in intertemporal choice. His spatial proximity models are early prototypes of cellular automata. Contributions to this special issue were inspired by a few of these theoretical ideas. 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. JEL classfication: B31; C72; C78; D90 PsycINFO classification: 2340; 3020
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تاریخ انتشار 2006