Economy of Love

This book deals with the market for love, in particular, transactions between prospective partners and love contracts of all sorts. It is a study of love decisions made under uncertainty and exposed to risks arising primarily from asymmetric information; deception is the most prevalent amongst those risks, for sure. Thus, the argument is theoretically grounded on the standard rational choice model of decision-making but it also draws heavily on the literature in behavioral economics; it additionally takes account of recent attempts to bridge the distance between the neoclassical and behavioral approaches, associated with the theory of motivated reasoning. 

Written in a non-technical form, the book often makes references to literature, music and cinema and appeals to common sense and shared experience in order to portray the empirical relevance of the theoretical arguments put forward.