Game Theory and Experimental Game Theory on Increasing Efficiency, including Psychological and Cultural Aspects
A special issue of Games (ISSN 2073-4336). This special issue belongs to the section "Behavioral and Experimental Game Theory".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 October 2024 | Viewed by 30
Special Issue Editor
2. Center for the Philosophy of Freedom, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Interests: experimental and behavioral game theory; economic decision-making; political and strategic decision-making; cultural evolution; mechanism design; policy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Social units compete for scarce resources just as individuals do. This Special Issue addresses ways in which efficiency can be increased within units (teams, groups, municipalities, and nations) to increase external competitiveness, internal welfare, or both. The issue is eclectic regarding methods; both empirical papers (lab and field experiments) and theory papers are suitable. Incentives examined can be material incentives, psychological incentives, cultural and social norms, or a combination thereof. The equilibrium can either serve as a prediction or as a benchmark against which off-equilibrium behavior is evaluated.
The Special Issue’s topics, some of them currently emerging, represent areas where ongoing research is expanding our understanding of how game theory can contribute to increasing a social unit’s internal welfare and external competitiveness. These topics involve conceptual, theoretical, experimental, and computational challenges, ultimately helping to better understand within and between group interactions and inform policy to increase welfare and competitiveness.
Dr. Anna Heide Gunnþórsdóttir
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- computational game theory
- experimental game theory
- behavioral game theory
- mechanism design
- network games
- incentives
- non-material incentives
- evolutionary game theory
- group selection
- cultural group selection
- social norms
- cooperation
- reciprocity
- altruism
