All pages with keywords: game theory

COP21: Can game theory predict a global deal on climate change?

COP21: Can game theory predict a global deal on climate change?

a commentary by Alessandro Tavoni 11 December, 2015

Climate change is a ‘wicked problem’, in the terms of game theorists. Collectively, all countries should act on climate change. But it may not always be in a country’s individual … read more »


Luring others into climate action: Coalition formation games with threshold and spillover effects

Luring others into climate action: Coalition formation games with threshold and spillover effects

a working paper by Alessandro Tavoni, Valentina Bosetti, Melanie Heugues 13 January, 2015

Cooperation between countries is required to overcome major societal problems, such as climate change. However, rational logic dictates that individual countries are incentivised not to act, instead preferring to … read more »


Trade, climate change and the political game theory of border carbon adjustments

Trade, climate change and the political game theory of border carbon adjustments

a working paper by Cameron Hepburn, Gianni Ruta 1 April, 2012

The lack of real progress at the Durban climate change conference in 2011—postponing effective action until at least 2020—has many causes, one of which is the … read more »