Games

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Volume 17, issue 2, 2026

Cooperation Collapse in the Harmony Game: Revisiting Scodel and Minas Through Evolutionary Game Theory pp. 1-12

Shade T. Shutters

Measuring Pitcher Production Fairly in Baseball Using the Shapley Value pp. 1-23

Michael McBride

How to Sell Debt (But Not Money) pp. 1-20

Arup Daripa

Platform Empowerment and Digital Inclusion in Industrial Clusters: A Complex Network Game Analysis with Performance Feedback pp. 1-28

Dingteng Wang, Chengwei Liu and Shuping Wang

Volume 17, issue 1, 2026

A Structural Measure of Bargaining Fragility in Multi-Domain Agreements pp. 1-16

Robert Castro

Endowment Inequality in Common Pool Resource Games: An Experimental Analysis pp. 1-21

Garrett Milam and Andrew Monaco

Strategy-Proof Mechanism Design with Boundedly Rational Agents: Theory and Experiment pp. 1-35

Katsuhiko Nishizaki

Exclusionary Contracts and Incentives to Innovate pp. 1-19

Simen Aardal Ulsaker

Equal Chances or Fewer Victims? Moral Judgments in Autonomous Vehicle Dilemmas pp. 1-14

Alexander Matros, Eren Bilen and Leonid Matros

All-Pay Auctions with Different Forfeits pp. 1-14

Benjamin Kang and James Unwin

On Collusion Sustainability and the Elasticity of Substitution pp. 1-9

Marc Escrihuela-Villar

Randomized Algorithms and Neural Networks for Communication-Free Multiagent Singleton Set Cover pp. 1-23

Guanchu He, Colton Hill, Joshua H. Seaton and Philip N. Brown

Monetary Policy Committees, Independence, and Influence pp. 1-23

Esteban Colla- De-Robertis

Quadratic Programming Approach for Nash Equilibrium Computation in Multiplayer Imperfect-Information Games pp. 1-12

Sam Ganzfried

Communication and Standoff pp. 1-17

Catherine Hafer

Fair Division of Indivisible Items: Envy-Freeness vs. Efficiency Revisited pp. 1-10

Steven J. Brams, D. Marc Kilgour and Christian Klamler

Volume 16, issue 6, 2025

Moral Emotions and Beliefs Influence Charitable Giving pp. 1-24

Garret Ridinger and Anne Carpenter

The Bateson Game: A Model of Strategic Ambiguity, Frame Uncertainty, and Pathological Learning pp. 1-14

Kevin Fathi

Linear Programming for Computing Equilibria Under Truncation Selection and Designing Defensive Strategies Against Malicious Opponents pp. 1-16

Zhuoer Zhang and Bryce Morsky

A Dichotomous Analysis of Unemployment Benefits pp. 1-35

Xingwei Hu

Behavioural Signatures of Wise Negotiators: An Experimental Approach Using an Investment Game pp. 1-28

Prarthana Saikia and Ankita Sharma

On SEIR Epidemic Dynamics with Pro- and Anti-Vaccination Strategies: An Evolutionary Game Theory Approach pp. 1-10

Karam Allali

The Effect of Foreign Influence on Conflict and Social Identity in Ethnically Diverse Societies pp. 1-45

Esther Hauk

Integrating Strategic Properties with Social Perspectives: A Bipartite Classification of Two-by-Two Games pp. 1-22

Shacked Avrashi, Lior Givon and Ilan Fischer

Provision of Public Goods via Unilateral but Mutually Conditional Commitments—Mechanism, Equilibria, and Learning pp. 1-22

Jobst Heitzig

Decisions in the Basketball Endgame: A Downside of the Three-Point Revolution pp. 1-13

Luka Secilmis, Teo Secilmis, Simon Jantschgi and Heinrich H. Nax

Minimax Under Pressure: The Case of Tennis pp. 1-12

Ben Depoorter, Simon Jantschgi, Ivan Lendl, Miha Mlakar and Heinrich H. Nax

Volume 16, issue 5, 2025

A Theoretical Analysis of Cooperation Incentives for Non-Mutually Dependent Sellers pp. 1-21

Lorenzo Ferrari, Werner Güth, Vittorio Larocca and Luca Panaccione

Asymptotic Thresholds for ( a: b ) Minimum-Degree Games pp. 1-21

Adnane Fouadi, Mourad El Ouali and Anand Srivastav

Competition and Coordination of Regional Fresh Supply Chain Under Government Regulation pp. 1-21

Chao Zhao, Yongmei Chi, Nini Gao and Jixiang Song

Classifying Limited-Move Stability Cycles in 2 × 2 Games pp. 1-21

Leandro Chaves Rêgo, France Evellyn Gomes de Oliveira, Giannini Italino Alves Vieira and D. Marc Kilgour

The Agentic Perspective in Experimental Economics pp. 1-11

Arturo Macías

Power Indices with Threats in Precoalitions pp. 1-23

Jochen Staudacher

Non-Renewable Resource Extraction Model with Uncertainties pp. 1-23

Peichen Ye, Anna Tur and Yilun Wu

Monopoly, Multi-Product Quality, Consumer Heterogeneity, and Market Segmentation pp. 1-15

Amit Gayer

Optimal Vaccination Strategies to Reduce Endemic Levels of Meningitis in Africa pp. 1-17

Alfredo Martinez, Jonathan Machado, Eric Sanchez and Igor V. Erovenko

Dividend Representations for Two Influence Assessments pp. 1-17

Yu-Hsien Liao

Efficient Solutions to Multidimensional Claims Problem pp. 1-9

Sijia Xu and Peng Liu

The Power of Passivity in the Hirshleifer Contest Under Small Noise pp. 1-20

Guang-Zhen Sun

The “Value Principle” in Management Practices, Organizational Design, and Industrial Organization pp. 1-20

Patrick Legros and Andrew F. Newman

Test Me If You Can—Providing Optimal Information for Consumers Through a Novel Certification Mechanism pp. 1-64

Ulrike Vollstädt, Patrick Imcke, Franziska Brendel and Christiane Ehses-Friedrich

The Role of Brand Spillover on Firm’s Sourcing and Contract Decisions pp. 1-24

Fei Jing and Junjie Dong

Volume 16, issue 4, 2025

The Impact of Market Mood on a Dynamic Model of Insider Trading pp. 1-16

Ruohan Wang, Jing Wang and Zhi Yang

Nonmarket Valuation by Contests Under Two American Rules: A Game-Theoretic Analysis pp. 1-13

Sung-Hoon Park and Jason Shogren

“Anything Goes” in an Ultimatum Game? pp. 1-33

Peter Paul Vanderschraaf

Pool Formation with Three Patent Owners pp. 1-17

Hao Liu, Xuewen Qian, Chen Qu and Jingyi Shen

Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Strategies in Product Warranty Pricing: A Hierarchical Game Approach pp. 1-10

Henrique Santos and Thyago Nepomuceno

Pure Bayesian Nash Equilibria for Bayesian Games with Multidimensional Vector Types and Linear Payoffs pp. 1-31

Sébastien Huot and Abbas Edalat

Non-Cooperative Representations of Cooperative Games pp. 1-14

Justin Chan

Hierarchies and Promotions in Political Institutions: Accountability and Selection pp. 1-24

B. Pablo Montagnes, Stephane Wolton and Junyan Jiang

Responsibility Hoarding by Overconfident Managers pp. 1-24

Petra Nieken, Abdolkarim Sadrieh and Nannan Zhou

Volume 16, issue 3, 2025

The Raiffa–Kalai–Smorodinsky Solution as a Mechanism for Dividing the Uncertain Future Profit of a Partnership pp. 1-13

Yigal Gerchak and Eugene Khmelnitsky

A General Model of Bertrand–Edgeworth Duopoly pp. 1-37

Blake Allison and Jason J. Lepore

Match Stability with a Costly and Flexible Number of Positions pp. 1-12

James Gilmore and David Porter

Strategic Complementarities in a Model of Commercial Media Bias pp. 1-46

Anna Kerkhof and Johannes Münster

Spatial Competition Across Borders: The Role of Patients’ Mobility and Institutional Settings pp. 1-20

Laura Levaggi and Rosella Levaggi

New Categories of Conditional Contribution Strategies in the Public Goods Game pp. 1-21

Klaudia Schäffer, Adrienn Král and Ádám Kun

Mobility Comparisons: Theoretical Definitions and People’s Perceptions pp. 1-21

Michele Bernasconi, Giulio Cinquanta, Valentino Dardanoni and Vincenzo Prete

The Role of Reputation in Sequel Production pp. 1-7

Khac Minh Duc Do and Dmitriy Knyazev

The Impact of Gifts and Shared Experiences on an Investor-Manager Relationship pp. 1-39

Maximilian Olaf Hoyer and Frans van Winden

Equilibrium Coalition Structures in Three-Player Symmetric Games pp. 1-15

Jingyi Shen and Chen Qu

Procedural Information as a “Game Changer” in School Choice pp. 1-36

Yoan Hermstrüwer

Volume 16, issue 2, 2025

Structured Equilibria for Dynamic Games with Asymmetric Information and Dependent Types pp. 1-37

Nasimeh Heydaribeni and Achilleas Anastasopoulos

Cultural Dissemination on Evolving Networks: A Modified Axelrod Model Based on a Rewiring Process pp. 1-16

Yuri Perez, Fabio Henrique Pereira and Pedro Henrique Triguis Schimit

Von Neumann–Morgenstern Hypergraphs pp. 1-6

Stefano Vannucci

Game Theory Framework for Mitigating the Cost Pendulum in Public Construction Projects pp. 1-14

Yahel Giat and Amichai Mitelman

Greenwashing Risks in Environmental Quality Competition: Detection and Deterrence pp. 1-17

Arka Mukherjee and Subhadip Ghosh

Sharing Price Announcements pp. 1-25

Maarten Janssen and Vladimir Karamychev

Procedurally Fair Co-Determination with Endogeneous Value Uncertainty: An Experiment pp. 1-28

Werner Güth, Ludivine Martin, Tibor Neugebauer and Sotiria Xanalatou

Two-Tier Marketplace with Multi-Resource Bidding and Strategic Pricing for Multi-QoS Services pp. 1-28

Samira Habli, Rachid El-Azouzi, Essaid Sabir, Mandar Datar, Halima Elbiaze and Mohammed Sadik

Analysis of the Competition of the South-Eastern Railway of Peru Through a Timetable Auction pp. 1-19

Augusto Aliaga-Miranda, Luis Ricardo Flores-Vilcapoma, Christian Efrain Raqui-Ramirez, José Luis Claudio-Pérez, Yadira Yanase-Rojas and Jovany Pompilio Espinoza-Yangali

Biased-Manager Hiring in a Market with Network Externalities and Product Compatibility pp. 1-8

Shih-Hao Huang, Chien-Shu Tsai, Jen-Yao Lee and Su-Ching Tsai

Volume 16, issue 1, 2025

Investigating the Social Boundaries of Fairness by Modeling Ultimatum Game Responders’ Decisions with Multinomial Processing Tree Models pp. 1-21

Marco Biella, Max Hennig and Laura Oswald

Learning Optimal Strategies in a Duel Game pp. 1-16

Angelos Gkekas, Athina Apostolidou, Artemis Vernadou and Athanasios Kehagias

N-Tuple Network Search in Othello Using Genetic Algorithms pp. 1-11

Hiroto Kuramitsu, Kaiyu Suzuki and Tomofumi Matsuzawa

A Note on the Welfare and Policy Implications of a Two-Period Real Option Game Under Imperfect Information pp. 1-7

Congcong Wang, Yuhan Wang, Shanshan Chen, Shravan Luckraz and Bruno Antonio Pansera

High Cost of Survival Promotes the Evolution of Cooperation pp. 1-12

Oleg Smirnov

Differential Games of Cournot Oligopoly with Consideration of Pollution, Network Structure, and Continuous Updating pp. 1-22

Guennady Ougolnitsky and Alexey Korolev

Subjective Game Structures: A Behavioral Game Theoretic Analysis of Hidden Perceptions and Strategic Properties Underlying the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict pp. 1-23

Ilan Fischer, Shacked Avrashi and Lior Givon

A Model of k -Winners pp. 1-15

Diego Armando Canales

Asymmetric Information and Credit Rationing in a Model of Search pp. 1-14

Cemil Selcuk

Strategy Consensus of Networked Evolutionary Games Based on Network Aggregation and Pinning Control pp. 1-14

Haitao Li, Zhenping Geng and Mengyuan Qin