Multiple mating strategies survive in the mixed-strategy equilibrium

Multiple mating strategies survive in the mixed-strategy equilibrium

Post-divorce wage differentials explained through search and matching models.

Electronic commerce: automated negotiation requires understanding of game theory

Retail overexpansion the result of a prisoner's dilemma

Examines alternate voting systems such as the Borda count and notes that John McCain's chances would have been better without a plurality system.

Nader and Gore supporters demonstrate strategic voting by swapping votes.

Blockbuster experience highlights greater profits from negotiating revenue sharing arrangements in the supply chain.

Electronic commerce: constant-sum games in online advertising

Discusses the rise of Bayesian statistics and reasons for the existence of detractors.

Warren Buffett proposes to change the rules of the campaign finance strategic voting game

Fisheries in Rhode Island suffer from the tragedy of the commons

Examines cooperation in extensive-form games on the TV show "Survivor."

Discusses the transformation of the diamond cartel in light of greater competition.

Examines the inherent moral hazard created by bail-outs of international financial markets.

Application of zero-sum pursuit-evasion games to missile defense.

Application of zero-sum pursuit-evasion games to missile defense

Auctions are useful market allocation mechanisms when the reward is mostly monetary, but do poorly when the prize is of psychological value. (by John Kay)

Evolutionary biologist George Pierce believed in the evolution of cooperation

A lengthy introduction into both cooperative and non-cooperate game-theoretic elements of fair division. Includes a good synopsis of cooperative solution concepts. (by Theodore P. Hill)

Discusses tit-for-tat as an optimal strategy in repeated games

Stock options reward executives when prices rise but this does not mean incentives are aligned.

Proper assignment of liability creates the incentives for those best able to manage risk to do so.

Third generation (3G) cell phone services auction in Britain

Information and toeholds in auctions for UK soccer teams

Optimal bluffing in poker requires understanding mixed strategies

Evolutionary game theory used to explain the evolution of human language.

Despite the popularity of online auction sites, auctions suffer from several shortcomings including the winner's curse and design issues. (by Peter Coy)

Race cars drafting (tailgating) go faster together resembles a stag hunt game

Alternating between two losing gambles can lead to winning

Quantum computing holds a solution to the prisoner's dilemma