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Beyond Buttered Popcorn: A Project Using Movies to Teach Game Theory in Introductory Economics

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  • Sarah Burke

    (Villanova University)

  • Patricia Robak

    (Drexel University)

  • Carolyn Fabian Stumph

    (Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne)

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Using short movie clips from popular films is an effective tool for teaching core game theory concepts including simultaneous games, the prisoners’ dilemma, Nash equilibrium, and...

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  • Sarah Burke & Patricia Robak & Carolyn Fabian Stumph, 2018. "Beyond Buttered Popcorn: A Project Using Movies to Teach Game Theory in Introductory Economics," Journal of Economics Teaching, Journal of Economics Teaching, vol. 3(1), pages 153-161, May.
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    game theory;

    JEL classification:

    • A21 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Pre-college
    • A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate

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