The Ultimatum Game: An introduction to quantitative literacy in a social justice context

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  • The Ultimatum Game is a two-person, multiple-strategy game widely used in the experimental social sciences
    to demonstrate the human propensity for costly punishment in response to inequitable treatment. The game
    serves to provide quantitative evidence for a diversity of fairness norms across cultures. The play of the game
    and its interpretation offer nuanced views of the nature and importance of quantitative literacy. Its use in a
    writing seminar connecting quantitative literacy and social justice is described.
TitleThe Ultimatum Game: An introduction to quantitative literacy in a social justice context
CreatorRoot, Robert G.
PublisherNumeracy
Academic DepartmentMathematics
DivisionNatural Sciences
OrganizationLafayette College
Date Issued2019
Date Available2019-12-06
TypeArticle
LanguageEnglish
Keywordsub-game perfect equilibrium
fairness norms
game theory
Bibliographic CitationRoot, R. G. (2019) "The Ultimatum Game: An introduction to quantitative literacy in a social justice context." Numeracy 12 (2): Article 4.
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Rights HoldersRoot, Robert G.
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