Restoring fun to game theory. From: The Journal of Economic Education | Date: June 22, 2005| Author: Dixit, Avinash | COPYRIGHT 2005 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Abstract: The author suggests methods for teaching game theory at an introductory level, using interactive games to be played in the classroom or in computer clusters, clips from movies to be screened and discussed, and excerpts from novels and historical books to be read and discussed.

JEL codes: A22, C70

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Game theory starts with an unfair advantage over most other scientific subjects--it is applicable to numerous interesting and though...

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