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Ice Breakers
I have posted a list of ice breaker questions below that can be fun to use during the first week of classes. Feel free to comment if you have any more suggestions! 1. If you could meet 3 people, real... Continue reading
Posted Aug 28, 2012 at The Quantitative Peace
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Changing the Rules to Get the Outcome You Want
For the last 15 years, more Americans have opted to take advantage of early voting opportunities (either through early in-person voting or mail ballots). By 2008, early voting compromised one third of the vote. Early voting seemed to help Democrats... Continue reading
Posted Aug 16, 2012 at The Quantitative Peace
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Thanks for the math correction- I fixed it.
Question 1: Not sure if I am answering this correctly but... there are no information sets in the extensive form game. So Player 2 gets to observe Player 1 actions, and base its entire strategy on what Player 2 is doing. For example, Player 2 gets to decide, {Cooperate, Cooperate}, or in words, "If Player 1 Cooperates, then I Cooperate, and if Player 2 Defects, I Cooperate".
IF there were an information set in the game, Player 2 could only play {Cooperate} or {Defect}. {Cooperate} would be "cooperate always", and {Defect} would be "defect always", no matter what Player 1 is doing.
Question 2: I just made up -10. I assumed that (Losing > Winning > Punishment). Since winning was 0, I chose a reasonable number less than 0.
As with Bruce's suggestions above, you could make this game more complicated, taking into account several more factors, like updating, observing the actions of multiple teams, or varying the cost of punishment.
Also, as stated in the post, you could also vary the game to see how often the Badminton World Federation would have punish teams for cheating to make it beneficial to not cheat.
Commented Aug 1, 2012 on When losing is the winning strategy: Game Theory, Badminton, and the 2012 Summer Olympics at The Quantitative Peace
When losing is the winning strategy: Game Theory, Badminton, and the 2012 Summer Olympics
The Badminton World Federation disqualified four female badminton teams today from the London Olympics for unsportsmanlike behavior. These teams purposefully tried to lose their first match in a round robin event in order to be paired against easier teams in subsequent rounds (video recap here)....
When losing is the winning strategy: Game Theory, Badminton, and the 2012 Summer Olympics
Posted Aug 1, 2012 at The Quantitative Peace
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Observations from Jury Duty
Posted Jul 26, 2012 at The Quantitative Peace
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Health Insurance as a Tax Break
In the Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) today, the court upheld the individual mandate provision today viewing it as a tax. The ruling stated that while Congress could not require people to buy insurance, Congress could... Continue reading
Posted Jun 28, 2012 at The Quantitative Peace
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Why Poor Predictions are a Justification for More (not less) Research
Stevens’ criticisms of political science in her NY Times OP-Ed were not criticisms of political science per se; rather, they were criticisms of the scientific process in general. It is a frustrating process. It would be nice if we could... Continue reading
Posted Jun 26, 2012 at The Quantitative Peace
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The Supreme Court Used the 9/11 Defense?
Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled that jails could strip search any new inmate regardless of their suspected crime. The majority opinion stated that it does not matter if an inmate is arrested for a minor offense such as an outstanding... Continue reading
Posted Apr 3, 2012 at The Quantitative Peace
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The Role of the Internet in the Mexican Drug War
The President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, has been trying to crack down on drug cartels in Mexico for the last five years. The drug cartels have fiercely fought back and about 40,000 people have been killed. Because of all these... Continue reading
Posted Nov 5, 2011 at The Quantitative Peace
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Raising Taxes on Everyone but the Wealthiest Americans?
A few weeks ago, it appeared as though certain House Republicans would have rather seen the country go into default rather than raise taxes. Now it seems that the GOP is willing to let the temporary payroll tax cuts expire... Continue reading
Posted Aug 21, 2011 at The Quantitative Peace
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Class, Empathy, and Taxes
Several recent studies by three University of California psychologists, Michael Kraus, Paul Piff, and Dacher Keltner, suggest that individuals with lower class incomes are more empathetic and more altruistic than individuals with higher class incomes. They argue that since lower... Continue reading
Posted Aug 10, 2011 at The Quantitative Peace
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Body Fat and American Presidents
Posted May 5, 2011 at The Quantitative Peace
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The Situation Room Photo
Here are some interesting observations from the Situation Room photo from yesterday. 1. The photo on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's laptop is blurred. This is obviously a classified document. 2. As some of the people on Reddit pointed out,... Continue reading
Posted May 2, 2011 at The Quantitative Peace
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Let's Rent Liechtenstein
The entire country of Liechtenstein is now up for rent. Yes, you read correctly, the entire country! It costs $70,000 a night, with a two night minimum, and there are accommodations for 900 guests. Some of the perks include being... Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2011 at The Quantitative Peace
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Update: Wisconsin Senate Republicans have commitment issues
Earlier today I discussed how Wisconsin Senate Republicans could not credibly commit to compromising on the collective bargaining portion of Governor Walker's budget repair bill. To recap, the Republicans were trying to reduce the collective bargaining rights of public employees... Continue reading
Posted Mar 9, 2011 at The Quantitative Peace
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Can Wisconsin Republicans Credibly Commit to Compromise?
What do the Wisconsin Senate Democrats hope to accomplish by being absent from the Senate and out of the state? Publicly they claim they fled the state in mid-February in order to prevent the Senate Republicans from passing a bill... Continue reading
Posted Mar 9, 2011 at The Quantitative Peace
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A Rare Glimpse Inside North Korea
In 2006 National Geographic produced a documentary that gives viewers a rare glimpse into everyday life in North Korea. In the documentary, Inside North Korea, an eye doctor travels to the isolationist country to perform surgery on 1,000 patients in... Continue reading
Posted Feb 15, 2011 at The Quantitative Peace
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Forecasting Political Violence
Political scientists from Binghamton University and Kansas State University have created a forecasting model to predict political violence. Here is a link to an article summarizing their research. Continue reading
Posted Jan 26, 2011 at The Quantitative Peace
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Biology and Politics
A few years ago I wrote a blog post about a study that found a link between certain genes and interest in politics. Two new studies have come out since that go even further, and find a link between brain... Continue reading
Posted Dec 30, 2010 at The Quantitative Peace
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Redistricting and Representation 101
Posted Nov 16, 2010 at The Quantitative Peace
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Losses Less than Expected?
As the 2010 election draws near, many political pundits have predicted that the Democrats will face significant losses in House elections (for a nice summary of election forecasts see here and here). Some have even suggested that the losses will... Continue reading
Posted Oct 17, 2010 at The Quantitative Peace
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No Fee, No Service
This story is a good example of why certain goods should be public goods and not private goods. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39516346/ns/us_news-life/ The rural residents of Obion County, Tennessee do not have a public firefighting service. They do have access to South Fulton's... Continue reading
Posted Oct 5, 2010 at The Quantitative Peace
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Gaining Credibility and Earning Trust
Are people more likely to trust people who are "like" them? A recent article published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology suggests that this is the case. The article suggests that people are less likely to trust people with... Continue reading
Posted Aug 25, 2010 at The Quantitative Peace
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Senators' Digital IQ Ranking
Posted Aug 21, 2010 at The Quantitative Peace
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How to Deter a Coin Thief?
My colleagues and I have recently discovered that there is a thief in Binghamton who travels around poorly lit neighborhoods at night, breaks into cars, and steals coins. What is puzzling about this situation is that this individual does not... Continue reading
Posted Jul 30, 2010 at The Quantitative Peace
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