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Avinash K. Dixit

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August 06, 1944

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Avinash Kamalakar Dixit (born August 6, 1944 in Bombay, India) is an Indian-American economist. He is currently John J. F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics Emeritus at Princeton University, Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics at Lingnan University (Hong Kong) and Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford.

Dixit received a B.Sc. from Bombay University in 1963 in Mathematics and Physics, a B.A. from Cambridge University in 1965 in Mathematics (Corpus Christi College, First Class), and a Ph.D. in 1968 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Economics.

Dixit has been the John J. F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics at Princeton University since July 1989. He is also Distinguished Adjunct Prof ...more

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	The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life by Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 4,340 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life (Norton Paperback) by Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 3,867 ratings — published 1991 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Games of Strategy by Avinash K. Dixit, Susan Skeath, David H. Reiley Jr. 3.98 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 1999 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Microeconomics: A Very Short Introduction 3.77 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Optimization in Economic Theory 4.20 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1977 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Investment under Uncertainty by Avinash K. Dixit, Robert S. Pindyck 4.31 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lawlessness and Economics: Alternative Modes of Governance (The Gorman Lectures in Economics) 4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Making of Economic Policy: A Transaction Cost Politics Perspective 3.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theory of International Trade: A Dual, General Equilibrium Approach (Cambridge Economic Handbooks) 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1980 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Art of Smooth Pasting 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1993 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.' In other words, love is a dominant strategy.”
― Avinash K. Dixit, Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life

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“It may not be enough to play a game well—you must also be sure you are playing the right game.”
― Avinash K. Dixit, The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life

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“RULE 1: Look forward and reason backward.”
― Avinash K. Dixit, The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life

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