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31/07/2025

Don't Miss Out! Register Now for IECGA 2025!

Join us at the International Conference on Economic and Game Theory Applications (IECGA 2025)! This is a prime opportunity to connect with leading researchers, share innovative ideas, and explore the latest developments in economic and game theory.

Deadline for Registration: October 13, 2025

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Secure your spot today and be part of this exciting event! Whether you're a researcher, student, or professional in the field, IECGA 2025 is the place to be.

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29/07/2025

We are excited to announce Prof. Vincent Crawford as the keynote speaker at the IECGA 2025 Behavioral, Experimental, and Cooperative Game Theory and Bargaining Session! https://sciforum.net/event/IECGA2025

Prof. Vincent Crawford is the Drummond Professor of Political Economy Emeritus at the University of Oxford and an Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College. He has also held the position of Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Research Professor at the University of California, San Diego.

With a distinguished career in microeconomic theory and game theory, Prof. Crawford is renowned for his pioneering work on bargaining, strategic communication, matching markets, and behavioral economics.

His talk, titled "Specifying and Estimating Non-Equilibrium Models of Strategic Thinking," will explore how theory and experimental evidence can identify models that outperform traditional Nash equilibrium predictions, even in rational-expectation settings. He will also discuss key issues in specifying and estimating models of strategic thinking.

Join us to gain insights from one of the leading minds in economic theory!

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25/07/2025

Call for reading!

Please feel free to read our latest publication

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/16/4/36 #

“Anything Goes” in an Ultimatum Game? written by Peter Vanderschraaf from University of Arizona

23/07/2025

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Shun Kurokawa, from 大阪大学（The University of Osaka）, Japan, will serve as committee member for the The 1st International Electronic Conference on Games (IECGA 2025), which will be held online from October 15 to 16, 2025)! 🗓️ https://sciforum.net/event/IECGA2025

Dr. Kurokawa has made significant contributions to understanding how persistence in repeated games encourages the evolution of spite and how disbandment mechanisms influence the development of cooperative behaviors. His notable publications include studies on the evolution of spite versus altruism, strategies for cooperation and spitefulness, and the rules that promote cooperative behavior. His work bridges theoretical population biology and behavioral ecology, providing valuable insights into the complex dynamics of social behaviors in biological populations.

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21/07/2025

We are delighted to announce that Prof. Wang Guizhou, from the University of Stavanger, Norway, will serve as committee member for the The 1st International Electronic Conference on Games (IECGA 2025), which will be held online from October 15 to 16, 2025)!

https://sciforum.net/event/IECGA2025

Guizhou Wang is a distinguished researcher specializing in digital currencies and the digital economy. He earned his Ph.D. in May 2024 from the University of Stavanger, Norway, with a thesis titled “Game Theoretic Modeling of Economic Systems Involving Digital Currencies.” Throughout his academic career, he has published 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals, contributing significantly to fields such as blockchain, Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and financial technology.

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18/07/2025

3 DAYS to the abstract submission deadline on 21 July 2025!

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to submit and present your insights to our committee of experts and fellow peers in the discipline.

Submit your abstracts across these session topics:
1. Algorithmic, Computational and Applied Game Theory
2. Behavioral, Experimental, and Cooperative Game Theory and Bargaining
3. Learning, Evolution, Market Design and Auctions
4. Non-Cooperative and General Game Theory

To submit your abstract, please click on the following link: https://sciforum.net/user/submission/create/1120

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Important Dates
Abstract Submission Deadline: 21 July 2025
Notification of Acceptance Date: 18 August 2025

There are no fees to submit your abstracts at IECGA 2025

17/07/2025

Call for reading!

Please feel free to read our latest publication: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/16/4/35

Pool Formation with Three Patent Owners, written by: Hao Liu, Xuewen Qian, Chen Qu and Jingyi Shen

We analyze the endogenous formation of patent pools among three patent owners and the associated welfare effects. Under a condition of synergistic three-patent combination, either a unique symmetric equilibrium or infinitely many asymmetric equilibria can arise when patents are fragmented. By using....

14/07/2025

1 WEEK to the abstract submission deadline on 21 July 2025.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to submit and present your insights to our committee of experts and fellow peers in the discipline.

Submit your abstracts across these session topics:

1. Algorithmic, Computational and Applied Game Theory

2. Behavioral, Experimental, and Cooperative Game Theory and Bargaining

3. Learning, Evolution, Market Design and Auctions

4. Non-Cooperative and General Game Theory

To submit your abstract, please click on the following link: https://shorturl.at/UlTC9

For more information, visit our website: https://shorturl.at/W2Nyn

Important Dates

Abstract Submission Deadline: 21 July 2025

Notification of Acceptance Date: 18 August 2025

There are no fees to submit your abstracts at IECGA 2025

10/07/2025

We are delighted to announce that Prof. Rod Garratt, from the University of California will serve as committee member for the The 1st International Electronic Conference on Games (IECGA 2025), which will be held online from October 15 to 16, 2025)!

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Prof. Rod Garratt is a professor of economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has published in the top economics journals including Econometrica, the American Economic Review and the Journal of Political Economy. He is an Associate Editor of the European Economic Review and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Network Theory in Finance and Digital Finance.

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08/07/2025

Call for reading!

Please feel free to read our latest publication: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/16/4/34 #

Hierarchies and Promotions in Political Institutions: Accountability and Selection, written by: Pablo Montagnes, Stephane Wolton and Junyan Jiang

03/07/2025

We’re excited to celebrate the incredible contributions of our authors in June!

Your trust and support are invaluable to us, and we truly appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with such brilliant minds.

Discover the remarkable works published last month:

The Impact of Gifts and Shared Experiences on an Investor-Manager Relationship: https://shorturl.at/uekm8

The Raiffa–Kalai–Smorodinsky Solution as a Mechanism for Dividing the Uncertain Future Profit of a Partnership: https://shorturl.at/HFV1e

Equilibrium Coalition Structures in Three-Player Symmetric Games: https://shorturl.at/EbulN

Spatial Competition Across Borders: The Role of Patients’ Mobility and Institutional Settings: https://shorturl.at/2D9gW

The Impact of Market Mood on a Dynamic Model of Insider Trading: https://shorturl.at/btoZR

Nonmarket Valuation by Contests Under Two American Rules: A Game-Theoretic Analysis: https://tinyurl.com/2ffa7j7b

02/07/2025

We are delighted to announce that Professor Marco Marini has joined the Games journal as the new Section Editor-in-Chief for Applied Game Theory.

Prof. Marini is affiliated with the Department of Social and Economic Sciences at Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy. His research spans microeconomics, game theory, public economics, industrial organization, and development economics, with a strong emphasis on applied and policy-relevant approaches.

With his extensive expertise and academic leadership, we are confident that Prof. Marini will further strengthen the Applied Game Theory section and help attract impactful contributions from across the field.

We warmly welcome him to the editorial team!
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/games/sections/Applied_Game_Theory