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20/12/2024

As the year draws to a close, we would like to extend our warmest wishes for the holiday season! May this time bring joy, peace, and cherished moments with your loved ones.

We are deeply grateful for the continued support and dedication of our Academic Editors, reviewers and authors. Your contributions have been instrumental in shaping the journal's success and ensuring the dissemination of high-quality research to the global academic community. We look forward to another year of collaboration and achievements together.

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous New Year!

🎄 🎁 🍬 ❄️

17/12/2024

Please feel free to check our Special Issue "Conflict and Communication: Applications of Game Theory to Political Economy"
It is Guest Edited by Prof. Dimitri Landa and Dr. Le Bihan Patrick

The deadline for paper submission is 31st of January 2025

We welcome you to contribute to this SI!

Please check the link for more information:

Special Issue in journal Games: Conflict and Communication: Applications of Game Theory to Political Economy

11/12/2024

Feel free to read our latest article, published in Games, MDPI: Two-Valued Strongly Group Strategy-Proof Social Choice Functions, written by Anna De Simone and K. P. S. Bhaskara Rao

We present simple and direct arguments to characterize strongly group strategy-proof social choice functions whose range is of cardinality two. The underlying society is of arbitrary cardinality, and agents can be indifferent among alternatives.

10/12/2024

Feel free to read our latest article, published in Games, MDPI: Isotone Classes of Social Choice Functions with Binary Range, written by Achille Basile, K.P. S. Bhaskara Rao, Anna De Simone and Ciro Tarantino

Recently, it has been shown that the characterizations of different classes of non-manipulable social choice functions with binary range can be reduced to a common functional form. In the present paper, we investigate the reasons why this happens. We show that all the classes considered share a comm...

09/12/2024

Seasons Greetings !


We hope that you had a wonderful 2024. As we conclude the year, we would like to remind all scholars interested in game theory research to register and submit their abstracts to the 1st International Electronic Conference on Games (IECGA 2025).


The IECGA 2025 will be held virtually for FREE from 15 to 16 October 2025. As such, there’s no need to worry about travel or registration fees!


Led by leading experts in their respective field, Don’t miss your chance to submit your abstracts for a chance to present at these exciting sessions:

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 abstracts for FREE, please click on the following link:
https://t.ly/E5xGg

For more information, please visit our website:
https://t.ly/n7DAW

Important Dates 🗓️

Abstract Submission Deadline: 17 June 2025

04/12/2024

We would like to celebrate the outstanding contributions from our authors in November! Your trust and support mean everything to us, and we’re grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with such brilliant minds.

Explore the remarkable works published in the past month:

On Remoteness Functions of k-NIM with k + 1 Piles in Normal and in Misère Versions: https://t.ly/SFNxp

Evasion Differential Games in the Space of Square Summable Sequences: https://t.ly/Wi3mw

A Stepwise Conflict Analysis Using the Graph Model: https://t.ly/HbUWL

Bayesian Fictitious Play in Oligopoly: The Case of Risk-Averse Agents: https://shorturl.at/DEBoq

A number of learning models have been suggested to analyze the repeated interaction of boundedly rational agents competing in oligopolistic markets. The agents form a model of the environment that they are competing in, which includes the market demand and price formation process, as well as their e...

04/12/2024

Please feel free to check our Special Issue "Game Theory in Economics: Recent Advances in Spatial Competition"

It is Guest Edited by Dr. Stefano Colombo
The deadline for paper submission is 28th of February 2025

We welcome you to contribute to this SI!

Please check the link for more information:

Special Issue in journal Games: Game Theory in Economics: Recent Advances in Spatial Competition

04/12/2024

Our Special Issue "Communication and Persuasion and Their Economic and Political Applications" closes on 24th of January 2025! It is Guest Edited by Prof. Dr. Ming Li and Prof. Dr. Arianna Degan

We welcome you to contribute to this SI!

Please check the link for more information:

Special Issue in journal Games: Communication and Persuasion and Their Economic and Political Applications

03/12/2024

Feel free to read our latest article, published in Games, MDPI: End Behavior of the Threshold Protocol Game on Complete and Bipartite Graphs

The threshold protocol game is a graphical game that models the adoption of an idea or product through a population. There are two states players may take in the game, and the goal of the game is to motivate the state that begins in the minority to spread to every player. Here, the threshold protoco...

28/11/2024

Feel free to read our latest article, published in Games, MDPI: A Stepwise Conflict Analysis Using the Graph Model

Information about decision-makers’ preferences is essential for the efficient modeling of a conflict. However, obtaining this information becomes more challenging as the size of the conflict increases. To address this issue, this study proposes a new approach to the option prioritizing method with...

28/11/2024

Feel free to read our latest article, published in Games, MDPI: Bayesian Fictitious Play in Oligopoly: The Case of Risk-Averse Agents

A number of learning models have been suggested to analyze the repeated interaction of boundedly rational agents competing in oligopolistic markets. The agents form a model of the environment that they are competing in, which includes the market demand and price formation process, as well as their e...

26/11/2024

Introducing Prof. Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University, USA as our Session Chair for The 1st International Electronic Conference on Games (IECGA 2025)

Professor Konstantinos Serfes is a Professor of Economics in the School of Economics at LeBow College of Business at Drexel University. Prof. Serfes is also a Visiting Scholar at the Consumer Finance Institute of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and a Member of the Board of Directors at the Athens University of Economics and Business. His areas of specialization include Industrial Organization, Competition Policy, Game Theory, Microeconomics and Financial Economics.

Abstract submission is now OPEN. Participate in this premier electronic conference on game theory and present your research to leading researchers and practitioners.

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://t.ly/gP5Xh

For more information, visit our website:
https://t.ly/SAaHd

Important Dates

Abstract Submission Deadline: 17 June 2025

Do remember to Register for FREE!

20/11/2024

Feel free to read our latest article, published in Games, MDPI: Evasion Differential Games in the Space of Square Summable Sequences, written by: Bekhzod Aminov and Marks Ruziboev

In this article, we consider simple-motion pursuit–evasion differential games in the Hilbert space of square summable sequences. We show that when the players have the same dynamic capabilities, evasion is possible under some assumptions about the initial positions of the players.

15/11/2024

Are you looking to present your research on game theory? We present to you an exciting, upcoming conference, the 1st International Electronic Conference on Games (IECGA 2025)

The IECGA 2025 is an online conference on game theory, held virtually from 15 to 16 October 2025. Participants will have the opportunity to examine, explore and critically engage with rapidly developing issues and advances in these areas. We hope to facilitate discussions and exchange within the community.

What’s more! We are pleased to announce that the conference will provide 6 awards, across two categories; the Best Oral Presentation Award and Best Poster Award. There will be six winners selected and each winner will receive a certificate and 200 CHF.

Don’t miss your chance to present at these exciting sessions:

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 abstracts for FREE, please click on the following link:
https://t.ly/-gKLr

For more information, please visit our website:
https://t.ly/dsF5p

Important Dates 🗓️

Abstract Submission Deadline: 17 June 2025

13/11/2024

Feel free to read our latest article, published in Games, MDPI: On Remoteness Functions of k-NIM with k + 1 Piles in Normal and in Misère Versions, written by Vladimir Gurvich, Vladislav Maximchuk, Georgy Miheenkov and Mariya Naumova

Given integer n and k such that 0

05/11/2024

Our Special Issue "Advances in Games and Economic Behavior: Identity and Beliefs" closes on 31st of December! It is Guest Edited by Dr. Jeffrey V. Butler from University of California

We welcome you to contribute to this SI:

Special Issue in journal Games: Advances in Games and Economic Behavior: Identity and Beliefs

30/10/2024

Feel free to read our latest article, published in Games, MDPI: Monopoly and Quality Omission, written by Amit Gayer from Tel-Hai College

This study delves into a market characterized by vertical product differentiation. Product qualities are represented on a one-dimensional interval scale. The research investigates the equilibrium within a monopoly scenario, considering a production cost that is strictly convex. The monopoly offers a...

28/10/2024

Awards are available at the 1st International Electronic Conference on Games (IECGA 2025) !

We are pleased to announce that the conference will provide 6 awards, across two categories; the Best Oral Presentation Award and Best Poster Award. There will be six winners selected and each winner will receive a certificate and 200 CHF.

The IECGA 2025 presents these exciting 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 abstracts for FREE, please click on the following link:
https://t.ly/7a0un

For more information, please visit our website:
https://t.ly/8i_0e

Important Dates 🗓️

Abstract Submission Deadline: 17 June 2025

The 1st International Electronic Conference on Games