Index

A

ABC, 245

Accounting, 128–129

fraud, 235

Achilles, 174–175

Actors, computer generated, 200–201

Adverse selection, 283–284

banks and, 157

bargains and, 158

budget shortfalls and, 156

definition of, 151

dictatorships and, 159

examples of, 152–153

investing and, 153–154

rational pessimism and, 160–161

renting and, 156

sexual abuse and, 158

stock analysts and, 160

used cars and, 154–155

Affirmative action, 166

Agreements

implicit, 139–141

most favored customer, 147–148

AIDS, 29–30

test, 284

Airlines

frequent flyer miles and, 207–208

Nash equilibria and, 109–110

self-selection and, 188

strikes and, 198–199

Alaska Packers’ Assn. v. Domenico, 196

Amazon.com, 46

Ambition, pitfalls of, 160

AMD, 89

American Revolution, 159–160

Antitrust laws, 39–40, 45

AT&T and, 197–198

Nash equilibria and, 109–110

pricing and, 140

prisoners’ dilemma and, 120

Appearances, 172

Apple

personal computers and, 86

vs. Microsoft, 87–88

Art, 262

Arthur Andersen, 128–129

AT&T

Excite@Home and, 70–72

network externalities and, 96–97

Unix and, 197–198

Attorneys. See Lawyers, 224

Auctions, 44, 249–250

benefit of, 256

false bidding in, 253–254

first price sealed-bid, 250

internal, 255

negative, 256

second price sealed-bid, 250–253

winner’s curse and, 254–255

Axelrod, Robert, 142, 266

Aztecs, 11