Author

Books by Michael Chwe

Michael Chwe is a professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he works at the intersection of game theory, political economy, and cultural analysis. His research covers mechanism design, common knowledge, and the political logic of social conventions. Before Rational Ritual, he published technical work in journals including Econometrica and the Journal of Political Economy. He is also the author of Jane Austen, Game Theorist (2013), which argues that Austen's novels contain a sophisticated understanding of strategic thinking that anticipates modern game theory. Rational Ritual was originally published by Princeton University Press in 2001.