Index_I

I

IBM

personal computers and, 86

vs. Dell, 89

Incentive(s)

employee, 231–232

sales, 227

systems, 142–143

to work, 225

India

brinksmanship in, 246

nuclear dilemma and, 132

Information

dating and, 170–172

insurance and, 215

limited, 163–164, 284–285

lines and, 176

stock market and, 259

Information Rules (Shapiro and Varian), 266

Insanity, 31–34

chicken games and, 69

feigning, 39

Odysseus and, 186

trust games and, 64

Insider trading, 62–64

Insurance, 212–213

as gambling, 214–215

co-payments and, 213–214

deposit, 217–218

discrimination and, 218–219

flood, 218

HMOs and, 214

information problems and, 215

risks of, 216–217

Intel

competition and, 88–90

network externalities and, 88

personal computers and, 86

Interest rates, 259

Internal auctions, 255

Internet

pricing, 133

retailing, 46–47

Internet Explorer, 90–91

Investing

in art, 262

options, 178–179

specific vs. general, 203–204

venture capitalists and, 228–229

Investment banking, 160

Invisible hand, 223

Irrationality. See also Insanity

prisoners’ dilemma and, 135–136

IRS, 67–68