Everything I ever needed to know about economics I learned from online dating, Paul Oyer
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Everything I ever needed to know about economics I learned from online dating, Paul Oyer
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-226) and index
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Everything I ever needed to know about economics I learned from online dating
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Paul Oyer
Summary
"Stanford economist Paul Oyer offers a provocative, informative, and entertaining view of modern microeconomics based on his experiences with online dating. "--
Table of contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Search Theory -- Deciding When to Settle -- 2.Cheap Talk -- Hedges, Omissions, and Just Plain Lies -- 3.Network Externalities -- The Facebook Effect -- 4.Signaling -- Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is -- 5.Statistical Discrimination -- Stereotypes -- 6.Thick Versus Thin Markets -- Big Fish or Big Pond? -- 7.Adverse Selection -- Stigma -- 8.Positive Assortative Mating -- Why Everyone in the Office and the Neighborhood Is Similar -- 9.The Returns To Skills -- Education and Good Looks Pay -- 10.The Family -- Negotiating at Home
Target audience
adult
Incoming Resources
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