This paper studies the influence of productivity, pollution sensitivity, and adaptive capacity on optimal mitigation and adaptation in a two country global pollution model. We investigate the effects of changes of these parameters on the allocation of emissions, adaptation expenditures, and...

Durable strategies that have prolonged effects are prevalent in real-world situations. Revenue-generating investments, toxic waste disposal, long-lived goods, regulatory measures, coalition agreements, diffusion of knowledge, advertisement and investments to accumulate physical capital are...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Durable-strategies Dynamic Games: Theory and Solution Techniques -- Chapter 3. Durable-strategies Dynamic Games of Investments -- Chapter 4. Dynamic Environmental Games: Anthropogenic Eco-degradation under Strategies Lags -- Chapter 5. Durable-strategies...

"Beauty contests" are well-studied, dominance-solvable games that generate two interesting results. First, most behavior does not conform to the unique Nash equilibrium. Second, there is considerable unexplained heterogeneity in behavior. In this work, we evaluate the relationship between beauty...