This paper distinguishes four types of 'Prisoners' Dilemma games - provision, the commons, selfishness, and altruism - based on the public character of benefits and costs. Although each of these four games has the same 2 x 2 ordinal game form, each differs in terms of strategic, dynamic, and...

This paper considers the diverse public good characteristics of COVID-19 activities along with their strategic implications. The underlying aggregator technologies, which relate individual contributions to the amount consumed, affect the prognosis for the supply of COVID-related activities....

This Handbook provides a self-contained survey of the current state of defense economics in the form of chapters prepared by leading specialists on various aspects in the field. The volume summarizes not only received results but also newer developments, from recent journal articles and...