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Games, Volume 8, Issue 2

June 2017 - 7 articles

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Articles (7)

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,873 Views
17 Pages

1 June 2017

In Northern Thailand, the size and topographical structure of farmland makes it necessary for operators of small-scale waste management systems to be able to reach their clients in an effective manner. Over the past decades, corn contract farming has...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
8,476 Views
23 Pages

25 May 2017

A four period game between two firms and two hackers is analyzed. The firms first defend and the hackers thereafter attack and share information. Each hacker seeks financial gain, beneficial information exchange, and reputation gain. The two hackers’...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
10,464 Views
25 Pages

Emotions and Behavior Regulation in Decision Dilemmas

  • Joaquin Gómez-Miñambres and
  • Eric Schniter

19 May 2017

We introduce a dynamic model of emotional behavior regulation that can generalize to a wide range of decision dilemmas. Dilemmas are characterized by availability of mutually exclusive goals that a decision maker is dually motivated to pursue. In our...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
12,662 Views
12 Pages

A Study of the Triggers of Conflict and Emotional Reactions

  • Michael Caldara,
  • Michael T. McBride,
  • Matthew W. McCarter and
  • Roman M. Sheremeta

20 April 2017

We study three triggers of conflict and explore their resultant emotional reactions in a laboratory experiment. Economists suggest that the primary trigger of conflict is monetary incentives. Social psychologists suggest that conflicts are often trig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
8,474 Views
13 Pages

11 April 2017

(1) Background: Why and when images of watching eyes encourage prosocial behavior is still subject to discussion, and two recent meta-analyses show no effect of watching eyes on generosity. This study aims to discern the effect of watching eyes of di...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,256 Views
11 Pages

31 March 2017

Many scholars turn to emotions to understand irrational behavior. We do the opposite: we turn to rationality and game theory to understand people’s emotions. We discuss a striking theory of emotions that began with the game theory of credible threats...