Social and Environmental Behavior and Game Theory
A special issue of Games (ISSN 2073-4336).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2019) | Viewed by 5634
Special Issue Editors
Interests: experimental economics; behavioral economics; social preferences
Interests: social norms; behavioral economics; social capital; environmental psychology; cross-cultural
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Integrating other-regarding preferences into game theory resulted in a very successful advancement in behavioral sciences. It increased our understanding of how people interact in social environments and led to the development of models explaining social behavior, such as theories of altruism, inequity aversion, and reciprocity. One open question relates to the generalizability of these models across domains and situations. More data, both in and outside the laboratory, are needed to test and calibrate the newly developed models. Of particular interest is environmental behavior: from recycling to buying green and from supporting green policies to having shorter showers, all environmental behaviors are social in nature given their social externalities. A general theory of social behavior should therefore be able to explain them. In this Special Issue, we invite studies that can offer new insights into these models. Experimental, theoretical, and empirical works alike are welcome. The papers should not necessarily include a theoretical model, but implications on these models should be drawn. Papers focusing on environmental behavior are especially welcome.
Dr. Antonio M. Espin
Dr. Filippos Exadaktylos
Prof. Roberto Hernán-González
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- behavior
- environment
- experiments
- externalities
- game theory
- incentives
- social norms
- social preferences
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