Liberal Arts and Sciences                                                                                                  100 Section 70661
161 BSB                                                                                                                           Fall 2000

Assignment Two:

In class we have considered several varieties of two-person games that present dilemmas, e.g., prisoners' dilemma, chicken, etc. Your assignment is to choose one of these games and provide a real-world example that involves a large number of players. In your answer please cover the following points:

1) Why the real world situation matches the kind of dilemma you have selected. In what way does the payoff structure resemble the payoff structure of the idealized, two-person version?

2) How the real world problem gets resolved.

Your answer will probably be about two typed pages in length. It is due on Monday, October 2.