In this paper we argue that the incentive scheme faced by scientists induces them to promote their activity, publishing on-line their work-in-progress, participating or organising meetings and so on. Such actions produce a huge amount of externalities that may make easier for others to deal with...

This paper aims to explore the peak-load price results arising in a congestion game setting. A continuum of players decide when consuming a service (say, during the day or the night): for instance, they choose when connecting to internet or when driving a car in the road network. The utility...