Applications of Game Theory to Environmental Problems [July 2025]

Meeting Time: Mondays-Fridays at 9:00am-13:00pm (Building 1465, room 215).

Syllabus Literature

Games of Complete Information (Day 1)

Games of Incomplete Information (Day 2)

Signaling Games (Day 3)

Externalities, Property Rights and a case study (Days 4 and 5)

Assignment 1: Game Theory Concepts (week 1) – Due July 7th

Common Pool Resources (Day 6)

Environmental Policies I (Days 7 and 8) Example EU ETS

Assignment 2: Case Study I (CPR and Market Based Policy, week 2) – Due July 12th

Environmental Policies II (Days 9 and 10) IEA Procurement Auction

Abatement, R&D and Patents (Day 11) Patents Calculations

Greenwashing (Day 12)

Assignment 3: Case Study II (CPRs, Abatement and Labelling, week 3) – Due July 16th

Applications:

Patience & Negotiations
Steal or Split?
The Cuban Missile Crisis

Entry Game
Mac was introduced in a 60-second commercial during the 1984 Super Bowl.
The Tragedy of the Commons
Price-Matching Guarantee
The Penalty Kick
Beauty Contest
Tosca Game
Chicken Game
The Prisoner’s Dilemma
Bug’s life vs Antz
Game theory

Greenwashing