Economics & Finance 2011 press.princeton.edu Contents General Interest 1 Economic Theory & Research 15 Game Theory 18 Finance 19 Econometrics, Mathematical & Applied Economics 24 Innovation & Entrepreneurship 26 Political Economy, Trade & Development 27 Public Policy 30 Economic History & History of Economics 31 Economic Sociology & Related Interest 36 Economics of Education 42 Classic Textbooks 43 Index/Order Form 44 TEXT Professors who wish to consider a book from this catalog for course use may request an examination copy. For more information please visit: press.princeton.edu/class.html New Winner of the 2010 Business Book of the Year Award, Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Fault Lines How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy Raghuram G. Rajan “What caused the crisis? . There is an embarrassment of causes— especially embarrassing when you recall how few people saw where they might lead. Raghuram Rajan . was one of the few to sound an alarm before 2007. That gives his novel and sometimes surprising thesis added authority. He argues in his excellent new book that the roots of the calamity go wider and deeper still.” —Clive Crook, Financial Times Raghuram G. Rajan is the Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Profes- “Excellent . deserve[s] to sor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and be widely read.” former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund. —Economist 2010. 272 pages. Cl: 978-0-691-14683-6 $26.95 | £18.95 Not for sale in India ForthcominG Blind Spots Why We Fail to Do What’s Right and What to Do about It Max H. Bazerman & Ann E. Tenbrunsel When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In Blind Spots, leading business ethicists Max Bazerman and Ann Tenbrunsel examine the ways we overestimate our ability to do what is right and how we act unethically without meaning to. From the collapse of Enron and corruption in the tobacco industry, to sales of the defective Ford Pinto and the downfall of Bernard Madoff, the authors investigate the nature of ethical failures in the business world and beyond, and illustrate how we can become more ethical, bridging the “When we think of unethi- gap between who we are and who we want to be. cal behavior, the images that often come to mind Suggesting innovative individual and group tactics for improving hu- are those of robbers, man judgment, Blind Spots shows us how to secure a place for ethics in thieves, the executives at our workplaces, institutions, and daily lives. Enron, or Bernie Madoff. Blind Spots is not just Max H. Bazerman is the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Admin- about these criminals, istration at Harvard Business School. Ann E. Tenbrunsel is the Rex and but about a much larger Alice A. Martin Professor of Business Ethics at the Mendoza College of problem—the dishonest Business, University of notre Dame. actions that we all take April 2011. 216 pages. 10 line illus. while still thinking of Cl: 978-0-691-14750-5 $24.95 | £16.95 ourselves as wonderfully moral people.” —Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational press.princeton.edu 1 New Guaranteed to Fail Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Debacle of Mortgage Finance Viral Acharya, Matthew Richardson, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh & Lawrence J. White The financial collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2008 led to one of the most sweeping government interventions in private financial markets in history. The bailout has already cost American taxpayers close to $150 billion, and substantially more will be needed. The U.S. economy—and by extension, the global financial system—has a lot riding on Fannie and Freddie. They cannot fail, yet that is precisely what these mortgage giants are guaranteed to do. How can we limit the dam- age to our economy, and avoid making the same mistakes in the future? “Guaranteed to Fail is a comprehensive and well- Guaranteed to Fail explains how poorly designed government guaran- written study of the role tees for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac led to the debacle of mortgage played by Fannie and Fred- finance in the United States, weighs different reform proposals, and die in the events leading up provides sensible, practical recommendations. to the financial crisis. It also suggests the way forward.” Viral Acharya, Matthew Richardson, Stijn Van nieuwerburgh, and Law- —Raghuram G. Rajan, rence J. White are professors at the Leonard n. Stern School of Business author of Fault Lines: How at new York University. Hidden Fractures Still Threat- 2011. 176 pages. en the World Economy Cl: 978-0-691-15078-9 $24.95 | £16.95 New The Economics of Enough How to Run the Economy as If the Future Matters Diane Coyle The world’s leading economies are facing not just one but many crises. The financial meltdown may not be over, climate change threatens major global disruption, economic inequality has reached extremes not seen for a century, and government and business are widely distrusted. At the same time, many people regret the consumerism and social corrosion of modern life. What these crises have in common, Diane Coyle argues, is a reckless disregard for the future—especially in the way the economy is run. How can we achieve the financial growth we need today without sacrificing a decent future for our children, our societies, and our planet? “This is a fine and interest- How can we realize what Coyle calls “the economics of enough”? ing book with plenty of wise observations and Creating a sustainable economy—having enough to be happy without good economic analysis. cheating the future—won’t be easy. But The Economics of Enough starts Diane Coyle is a terrific a profoundly important conversation about how we can begin—and writer and an economist of the first steps we need to take. real insight.” —Edward Glaeser, Diane Coyle runs Enlightenment Economics, a consulting firm special- Harvard University izing in technology and globalization. 2011. 336 pages. 17 halftones. Cl: 978-0-691-14518-1 $24.95 | £16.95 2 • General Interest ForthcominG Beyond Mechanical Markets Asset Price Swings, Risk, and the Role of the State Roman Frydman & Michael D. Goldberg In the wake of the global financial crisis that began in 2007, faith in the rationality of markets has lost ground to a new faith in their irrationality. The problem, Roman Frydman and Michael Goldberg argue, is that both the rational and behavioral theories of the market rest on the same fatal assumption—that markets act mechanically and economic change is fully predictable. In Beyond Mechanical Markets, Frydman and Goldberg show how the failure to abandon this assumption hinders our under- standing of how markets work, why price swings help allocate capital to worthy companies, and what role government can and can’t play. “This book is a milestone. It breaks important new Roman Frydman is professor of economics at new York University. ground in the refoundation Michael D. Goldberg is the Roland H. O’neal Professor at the University that macroeconomics and of new Hampshire. finance so badly need.” April 2011. 288 pages. 25 line illus. 4 tables. —Edmund S. Phelps, Cl: 978-0-691-14577-8 $35.00 | £24.95 nobel Prize-winning economist ForthcominG Collaborative Governance Private Roles for Public Goals in Turbulent Times John D. Donahue & Richard J. Zeckhauser “This insightful book will stimulate a rethinking of the respective roles of private and public action. Donahue and Zeckhauser draw from an incredibly rich set of case studies that illustrate both the strengths and potential pitfalls of collaboration. Until now, there has been no formal articulation of the kinds of principles that this book provides for guid- ing policy. A genuine pleasure to read.” —W. Kip Viscusi, author of Smoke-Filled Rooms: A Postmortem on the Tobacco Deal All too often government lacks the skill, the will, and the wallet to meet “Collaborative Governance its missions. Schools fall short of the mark while roads and bridges fills a yawning gap in the fall into disrepair. Health care costs too much and delivers too little. literature on collaboration Budgets bleed red ink as the cost of services citizens want outstrips the and partnerships. This book taxes they are willing to pay. Collaborative Governance is the first book achieves the gold standard to offer solutions by demonstrating how government at every level for excellent writing, case can engage the private sector to overcome seemingly insurmountable selection, and presentation.” problems and achieve public goals more effectively. —Paul L. Posner, George Mason University John D. Donahue and Richard J. Zeckhauser both teach at the Harvard Kennedy School—Zeckhauser economics and analytics, Donahue public management and business-government relations. April 2011. 296 pages. 5 line illus. 3 tables. Cl: 978-0-691-14979-0 $27.95 | £19.95 press.princeton.edu General Interest • 3 ForthcominG A Cooperative Species “A Cooperative Species is Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution an important book by two Samuel Bowles & Herbert Gintis masters in their field. It deals with a topic that is of “This is an outstanding book. Drawing from the state of knowledge great contemporary inter- across several behavioral disciplines, it will be an invaluable resource est and presents, clearly for anyone interested in the theoretical and empirical aspects of the and logically, a wealth of evolution of cooperation.” up-to-date material from a —Simon Gächter, University of nottingham wide range of disciplines.” Using experimental, archaeological, genetic, and ethnographic data —R. E. Rowthorn, to calibrate models of the coevolution of genes and culture as well as University of Cambridge prehistoric warfare and other forms of group competition, A Coopera- tive Species provides a compelling and novel account of how humans came to be moral and cooperative.