COWLES FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS
AT YALE UNIVERSITY

Post Office Box 208281
New Haven, CT 06520-8281

COWLES FOUNDATION DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 744

"The Use of Simple Games to Illustrate Concepts
and to Provide Experimental Evidence"

Martin Shubik

May 1985

This paper is devoted to a discussion of several simple experimental games used in a series of lectures on game theory. The prime purpose of these games was to raise questions and illustrate problems in the construction of game theoretical models in the social sciences. The students were asked to make choices or to give opinions as to what imputation should be recommended as a solution in a cooperative game.

JEL Classification: 026

Keywords: Game theory, cooperative game solutions, strategic form, extensive form