Burning your britches behind you: Can policy scholars bank on game theory?
验证了博弈论可被用来合理化任何行为的批评，但指出博弈论是构建有用模型的工具箱，其力量在于对叙事施加逻辑约束。
Critics of game theory claim that it can be used to rationalize anything—even bank presidents setting their pants on fire in public. This article verifies the claim with a simple signalling model. The paper goes on to argue, however, that this criticsm is without force. Game theory is a toolbox for constructing useful models, rather than an empirically substantive theory; its power comes from imposing logical discipline upon the stories we tell.