Contents

1. Cover
2. Half Title
3. Series Page
4. Title Page
5. Copyright Page
6. Dedication
7. Table of Contents
8. List of contributors
9. Preface
10. Acknowledgements
11. 1. War movies and economics: a survey of the literature
12. 2. “45 cigarettes, the price has gone up”: Economics in Stalag 17
13. 3. Did a game-theoretic device save the Lone Survivor?
14. 4. The ultimatum game in The Dirty Dozen: analytical and behavioral strategies
15. 5. The private provision of a public good: an examination of Hollywood’s adaptation of the Third Servile War
16. 6. The Battle of Dunkirk: analyzing economics principles in two motion picture portrayals of an epic retreat
17. 7. “Right in the pickle barrel”: Memphis Belle and the core concepts of economics
18. 8. Slow and deliberate, or fast and intuitive? Systems of judgment in Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers
19. Index

List of contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

1    War movies and economics: a survey of the literature

Carlos J. Asarta, Zachary Ferrara, and Franklin G. Mixon, Jr.

2    “45 cigarettes, the price has gone up”: Economics in Stalag 17

Joshua C. Hall and Daniel Bonneau

3    Did a game-theoretic device save the Lone Survivor?

Franklin G. Mixon, Jr. and Carlos J. Asarta

4    The ultimatum game in The Dirty Dozen: analytical and behavioral strategies

Diego Méndez-Carbajo

5    The private provision of a public good: an examination of Hollywood’s adaptation of the Third Servile War

Laura J. Ahlstrom and Franklin G. Mixon, Jr.

6    The Battle of Dunkirk: analyzing economics principles in two motion picture portrayals of an epic retreat

Chandini Sankaran and Sankaran Ramanathan

7    “Right in the pickle barrel”: Memphis Belle and the core concepts of economics

Rebecca G. Chambers and Franklin G. Mixon, Jr.

8    Slow and deliberate, or fast and intuitive? Systems of judgment in Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers

Franklin G. Mixon, Jr. and Kamal P. Upadhyaya

Index

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