Professor
Economics
Gerri C. LeBow Hall 1037
Areas of Expertise
- Game Theory
- Political Economy
- Economics/Managerial Economics
Selected Works
Articles
McCain, Roger, Ultrasociality, class, threat, and intentionality in human society. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 39 (Jan 2016):29-30.
McCain, Roger, Collaboration in Classical Political Economy and Noncooperative Game Theory. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 37 (Jun 2014):265.
McCain, Roger, Coordination Games, Anticoordination Games, and Imitative Learning. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 37 (Feb 2014):90-91.
McCain, Roger, Why “Need” is a word we cannot do without in economics. Forum for Social Economics (Sep 2012).
McCain, Roger, Hamilton, Richard, and Linnehan, Frank, “Emergency Department Overcrowding as a Nash Equilibrium: Hypothesis and Test by Survey Methodology. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Syste (Oct 2011):91-102.
McCain, Roger, Worker and Community Cooperatives: A Multiple-Criterion Model. Advances in the Economics of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms (Year 2010).
McCain, Roger, Commitment and Weakness of Will in Game Theory and Neoclassical Economics. Journal of Socio-Economics 2009 (Jan 2009).
McCain, Roger, Endogenous Bias in Technical Progress and Environmental Policy. American Economic Review (Sep 1978).
McCain, Roger, The Characteristics of Optimum Innovations: An Isotech Approach. American Economic Review (Sep 1977).
McCain, Roger, Induced Bias in Innovation Including Product Innovation in a Model of Economic Growth. Economic Journal (Sep 1974).
McCain, Roger, Induced Technical Progress and the Price of Capital Goods. Economic Journal (Sep 1972).
McCain, Roger, Land in Fellner’s Model of Economic Growth. American Economic Review (Sep 1970).
Books
McCain, Roger, Cooperative Game Theory for Political Economy. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar, (Forthcoming).
McCain, Roger, Game Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction to the Analysis of Strategy. Fourth Edition. Singapore: World Scientific, (2023).
McCain, Roger, Comparing Fairness: Relative Criteria of Economic Fairness with Applications. London: Elgar, (2021).
McCain, Roger, Welfare Economics: An Interpretive History. Abington UK: Routledge, (2019).
McCain, Roger, The Economics of Small Business: An Introductory Survey. Singapore: World Scientific, (2018).
McCain, Roger, Approaching Equality: What Can Be Done about Wealth Inequality?. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar, (2016).
McCain, Roger, Game Theory and Public Policy, Revised Edition. Cheltenham, U.K.: Elgar, (2015).
McCain, Roger, Reframing Economics: Economic Action as Imperfect Cooperation. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, (2014).
McCain, Roger, Value Solutions in Cooperative Games. Singapore: World Scientific, (2013).
McCain, Roger, Game Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction to the Analysis of Strategy, revised edition. Singapore: World Scientific, (2010).
McCain, Roger, Agent-Based Computer Simulation of Dichotomous Economic Growth. (2000).
McCain, Roger, A Framework for Cognitive Economics. (1992).
Chapters
McCain, Roger, “Law and Game Theory.” Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Theory and Philosophy, Ed. John Linarelli. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar, (Forthcoming) :7.
McCain, Roger, “A Theory of the Nonprofit Enterprise.” HANDBOOK on the THEORY OF THE FIRM,, Ed. Josef Windsperger. Cheltenham, UK: Elgar, (Forthcoming) :25.
McCain, Roger, “Complexity and Productivity: The Task Approach.” Handbook of Complexity Economics, Ed. W. Eisner. London: Routledge, (Forthcoming) :20.
McCain, Roger, “Introduction.” The Guild State, by G. R. Stirling Taylor, London: IHS Press, (2004): .
McCain, Roger, “Rationality in Economics: Alternative Perspectives.” Defeasible Rationality, Ed. Kenneth Dennis. (1998): .
Presented Research
McCain, Roger, What is Welfare? Qualia and Normative Economics, ASSA: San Fransisco, CA,
McCain, Roger, Endogenous Preference and Social Status, ASSA: San Antonio, TX,
McCain, Roger, Endogenous Preference and Coalition Formation, ASSQ 2023: New Orleans, LA,
McCain, Roger, A Proposal to Equalize Wealth: Precis, Updates and Extensions, ASSA 2022: Virtual via Zoom, (Jan 2022):
McCain, Roger, Interregional Inequality, Efficiency, and Relative Fairness, WEAI: Denver (via Zoom), Co, (Jun 2020):