School:Economics/Game Theory/Games
In collaboration with The School of Game Design and Board Game Studies
Introduction
[edit | edit source]These are the games used in Game Theory
The Games
[edit | edit source]From Wikipedia: List of games in game theory.
| Game | Players | Strategies per player | Number of pure strategy Nash equilibria | Sequential | Perfect information | Constant sum (e.g. Zero sum) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of the sexes | 2 | 2 | 2 | No | No | No |
| Centipede game | 2 | variable | 1 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Chicken (aka hawk-dove) | 2 | 2 | 2 | No | No | No |
| Coordination game | N | variable | >2 | No | No | No |
| Cournot game | 2 | infinite[1] | 1 | No | No | Yes |
| Deadlock | 2 | 2 | 1 | No | No | No |
| Dictator game | 2 | infinite[1] | 1 | N/A[2] | N/A[2] | Yes |
| Diner's dilemma | N | 2 | 1 | No | No | No |
| Dollar auction | 2 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes | No |
| El Farol bar | N | 2 | variable | No | No | No |
| Guess 2/3 of the average | N | infinite | 1 | No | No | Yes |
| Kuhn poker | 2 | 12 & 4 | 0 | Yes | No | Yes |
| Matching pennies aka Parity game | 2 | 2 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
| Minority Game | N | 2 | variable | No | No | No |
| Nash bargaining game | 2 | infinite[1] | infinite[1] | No | No | Yes |
| Pirate game | N | infinite[1] | infinite[1] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Prisoner's dilemma | 2 | 2 | 1 | No | No | No |
| Rock, Paper, Scissors | 2 | 3 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
| Signaling game | N | variable | variable | Yes | No | No |
| Stag hunt | 2 | 2 | 2 | No | No | No |
| Trust game | 2 | infinite | 1 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Ultimatum game | 2 | infinite[1] | infinite[1] | Yes | Yes | Yes |