Location games offer simple and parsimonious frameworks for analyzing a host of issues from political competition to product positioning and business strategy. In this chapter, we review existing approaches to modeling spatial competition using location games and benefits, as well as challenges...

We study the role of whistleblowing in the following inspection game. Two agents who compete for a prize can either behave legally or illegally. After the competition, a controller investigates the agents’ behavior. This inspection game has a unique Bayesian equilibrium in mixed strategies. We...