TY - JOUR
T1 - Survivor
T2 - Three principles of economics lessons as taught by a reality television show
AU - Karlan, Dean
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2017/7/3
Y1 - 2017/7/3
N2 - The reality television show Survivor has been a ratings success on CBS for over 16 years. In the show, 16 strangers are marooned in a remote location, required to compete in physical and mental challenges and periodically vote to eliminate players from the game. The last person remaining wins one million dollars. The author uses this popular television show to demonstrate three important principles of microeconomics: (a) for individual decision-making, concepts like pride and honor may belong in the utility function, alongside more classical components such as consumption of goods and services; (b) considering how others will respond to your action is critical for good economic and strategic thinking; and (c) repeated interaction can help collusive behavior hold.
AB - The reality television show Survivor has been a ratings success on CBS for over 16 years. In the show, 16 strangers are marooned in a remote location, required to compete in physical and mental challenges and periodically vote to eliminate players from the game. The last person remaining wins one million dollars. The author uses this popular television show to demonstrate three important principles of microeconomics: (a) for individual decision-making, concepts like pride and honor may belong in the utility function, alongside more classical components such as consumption of goods and services; (b) considering how others will respond to your action is critical for good economic and strategic thinking; and (c) repeated interaction can help collusive behavior hold.
KW - Behavioral economics
KW - Survivor
KW - game theory
KW - preferences
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U2 - 10.1080/00220485.2017.1320614
DO - 10.1080/00220485.2017.1320614
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85019725986
SN - 0022-0485
VL - 48
SP - 224
EP - 228
JO - Journal of Economic Education
JF - Journal of Economic Education
IS - 3
ER -