Definition:Bach or Stravinsky?/Payoff Table

Payoff Table for Bach or Stravinsky?

The following payoff table specifies the game Bach or Stravinsky?:

		$\text B$
$\text A$		$\begin{array} {r {{|}} c {{|}} } & \text{Bach} & \text{Stravinsky} \\ \hline \text{Bach} & 2, 1 & 0, 0 \\ \hline \text{Stravinsky} & 0, 0 & 1, 2 \\ \hline \end{array}$

Also presented as

Some sources present the payoffs for $\left({\text{Bach}, \text{Stravinsky} }\right)$ and $\left({\text{Stravinsky}, \text{Bach} }\right)$ as $-1, -1$ to emphasise the undesirability of the outcome where the two players attend different events.

Sources

• 1994: Martin J. Osborne and Ariel Rubinstein: A Course in Game Theory ... (previous) ... (next): $2.3$: Examples: Figure $16.1$