The games and experiments on this page use the ComLabGames software developed at Carnegie Mellon. The ComLabGames site provides all the necessary software as well as instructions on downloading, installing, and using the software.
This site provides a supplemental manual for people interested in using the system and a number of different games that can be run using the ComLabGames software.
Supplemental Manual
Sample Games
For a matrix game, you need
to download both the Matrix File and the Game File to a disk or drive on
your computer.
For an extensive form game,
you need to download only the Game File.
General Interest:
U.S.
and Saudi Arabia Oil Game
This
game can be used to demonstrate credible/incredible threats and the concept
of subgame perfect equilibria.
Game
File (save to a disk)
Student
Instructions
If you
would like information on how to incorporate this game into class discussion,
send an email to Sarah Stafford.
Repeated
Prisoner's Dilemma Game
This
game can be used to demonstrate repeated games and the potential for collusion
in repeated games.
Matrix
File (save to a disk)
Game
File (save to a disk)
Student
Instructions
If you
would like information on how to incorporate this game into class discussion,
send an email to Sarah Stafford.
For Use in an Industrial Organization Course:
Repeated
Prisoner's Dilemma Game
This
game can be used to demonstrate repeated games and the potential for collusion
in repeated games.
Matrix
File (save to a disk)
Game
File (save to a disk)
Student
Instructions
If you
would like information on how to incorporate this game into class discussion,
send an email to Sarah Stafford.
Capacity
Expansion Game
Based
on Dixit's 1980 model of capacity expansion as a form of predatory conduct.
Game
File (save to a disk)
Student
Instructions
If you
would like information on how to incorporate this game into class discussion,
send an email to Sarah Stafford.
Limit
Pricing Game
This
game presents a model of limit pricing and can be used to demonstrate pooling/separating
equilibria.
Game
File (save to a disk)
Student
Instructions
If you
would like information on how to incorporate this game into class discussion,
send an email to Sarah Stafford.
Technology
Choice Games
These
games represent three different technology choice scenarios and can be
used to explore the conditions under which standardization will occur.
Matrix
1 (save to a disk)
Matrix
2 (save to a disk)
Matrix
3 (save to a disk)
Game
1 (save to a disk)
Game
2 (save to a disk)
Game
3 (save to a disk)
Student
Instructions
If you
would like information on how to incorporate this game into class discussion,
send an email to Sarah Stafford.