Economics and language: five essays

Arising out of the author's lifetime fascination with the links between the formal language of mathematical models and natural language, this short book comprises five essays investigating both the economics of language and the language of economics. Ariel Rubinstein touches on the structure imposed on binary relations in daily language, the evolutionary development of the meaning of words, game-theoretical considerations of pragmatics, the language of economic agents and the rhetoric of game theory. These short essays are full of challenging ideas for social scientists that should help to encourage a fundamental rethinking of many of the underlying assumptions in economic theory and game theory.

Cambridge University Press, 2000

Series: Churchill Lectures in Economics

The Churchill Lectures in Economics was inaugurated in 1993 to provide a series of annual public lectures on topics of current interest to students and researchers in the discipline. The lecturers are selected from the top echelon of leading scholars in the profession. Although always acknowledged specialists in their field, they are encouraged to take a broad look at their chosen subject and to reflect in a way that will be accessible to the senior undergraduate student.

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Economics and language: five essays

作者：Ariel Rubinstein

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經濟學與語言

作者[以]魯賓斯坦（Rubinsten A.) 錢勇 周翼 韋森審訂 出版社上海財經大學出版社 ISBN書號7810980971 出版時間2004-05-01

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因為作者魯賓斯坦對數學模型的規範語言 與自然語言之間的聯繫保持著一貫的癡迷，所以這本小書包括了他的五篇研究語言經濟學和經濟學語言的論文，在這五篇論文中，魯賓斯坦討論了涉及到附加於日常 語言中的二元關係的結構，詞語含義的演化發展，語用學的博弈論思考、經濟人的語言和博弈論的修辭等內容，這些短小的文章充滿了對社會科學家們的挑戰，有助 於鼓勵大家對經濟理論和博弈理論的許多內在假設進行基礎性的思考，有助於鼓勵大家對經濟理論和博弈理論。

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書摘

目錄
“當代制度分析前沿系列”總序
中文版序
致謝
第一篇語言的經濟學
經濟學與語言
語言的語義性質之選擇
演化賦予語言之選擇
語用學中的策略考慮
第二篇經濟學的語言
決策與語言
論博弈論和修辭
結語
第三篇評論
經濟學與語言JohanvnaＢenthem
經濟學與語言TilmanBorgers
經濟學與語言BartonLLipman
術語對照表
從語言的經濟學到經濟學的語言
——評魯賓斯坦的《經濟學與語言》
譯後記