Panic Room

2002-04-04 Thread Bryan Caplan 

David Fincher's new movie *Panic Room* may be the finest artistic
expression of game theory around.  Beautiful illustrations of commitment
problems, subgame perfection, focal points, backwards induction...  And
its pure entertainment.
-- 
Prof. Bryan Caplan
   Department of Economics  George Mason University
http://www.bcaplan.com  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

  Smerdyakov suddenly raised his eyes and smiled.  'Why I smile 
   you must understand, if you are a clever man,' he seemed to say. 
   Fyodor Dostoyevsky, *The Brothers Karamozov*

Panic Room and Beautiful Mind

2002-04-04 Thread fabio guillermo rojas 


Talking about game theory movies - does anyone remember if the
game depicted in Beuatiful Mind accurately capture the Nash eq?

Fabio

 David Fincher's new movie *Panic Room* may be the finest artistic
 expression of game theory around.  Beautiful illustrations of commitment
 problems, subgame perfection, focal points, backwards induction...  And
 its pure entertainment. Prof. Bryan Caplan