This paper reviews game theoretic approaches to develop the formation of international environmental agreements in general and climate agreements in particular. We confront cooperative and non-cooperative approaches paying special attention to heterogeneous players and transfers. Recent...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to assess strategies available to recipient states for managing the putative risks posed by sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) in the context of global, liberalized, and capital markets. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs a game theory...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to summarize ways in which game theory has been or could be utilized within the humanitarian sector and to identify future research opportunities in this field. Game theory is a tool for modeling systems in which multiple decision makers act according to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the motivations of an agent in a service industry to honestly represent the quality of a service provider. Design/methodology/approach – The paper develops a theoretical modeling and derives implications from it, which are then tested using...