Governments are motivated to subsidize profit-driven firms that manufacture zero-emission vehicles to ensure they become price-competitive. This paper intr...

In this work, we study a class of two-player deterministic finite-horizon difference games with coupled inequality constraints, where both players have two t...

We extend the \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) characteristic functions (CFs) to cooperative interval games, which constitute an interesting class of games t...

To cover the import taxes, a manufacturer typically charges a higher price in a foreign market than in its domestic market. The price difference can lead to ...

We consider a firm offering an opaque good over one selling season, that is, a product whose full characteristics are only revealed after the consumer comp...

In this study, we investigate the best remanufacturing strategy for the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and independent remanufacturer (IR) in an innov...

This paper considers the pricing of a new product in the face of sophisticated consumer behaviors. At the individual level, consumers are forward-looking, wh...

Faster delivery, lower shipping costs, and a higher chance of product availability, are some of the benefits offered by an omnichannel business model. Assumi...

We consider a discrete-time version of the fish war model, where a regulator imposes a moratorium on fishing activities whenever the stock reaches a predeter...

We review dynamic quality models both in single-agent setup and in a competitive framework. Our objectives are: (1) to give the reader a vantage point on t...

Product recalls are often consequences of quality failures. While such failures are related to a manufacturer's or supplier's design quality, the perceived q...

It is a challenge to sustain cooperation in a finite-horizon dynamic game. Since players generally have an incentive to deviate to their noncooperative str...

The use of space through satellites is more and more important for nations, companies, and individuals. However, since the first satellite was sent up in 19...

We study a class of deterministic finite-horizon two-player nonzero-sum differential games where players are endowed with different kinds of controls. W...

To satisfy a rising demand, agricultural practices have shifted from the organic fertilization of soils to intensive and highly specialized farming that uses...

We study a class of deterministic two-player nonzero-sum differential games where one player uses piecewise-continuous controls to affect the continuously e...

We consider the problem of a government that wishes to promote replacing old cars with new ones via a vehicle scrappage program. Since these programs incre...

In this paper, we study the time consistency of cooperative agreements in dynamic games with nontransferable utility. An agreement designed at the outset of ...

We represent a closed-loop supply chain formed of one manufacturer and one retailer as a dynamic game played over an event tree, which naturally allows to ...

We consider a deterministic two-player linear-state differential game, where Player 1 uses piecewise continuous controls, while Player 2 implements impulse...

In this paper, we introduce a framework for new product dfiffusion that integrates consumer heterogeneity and strategic interactions at individual level. For...

We built a time-consistent cooperative solution for the class of dynamic games played over event trees in the context where the structure of the tree is gi...

We determine optimal pricing and order quantity of two substitute products in two markets, one of them is seasonal, with a decreasing market potential over...

We consider a large group of consumers who can choose between two products at each purchasing occasion. Their choice is influenced by the marketing strateg...

In this paper, we introduce a class of deterministic finite-horizon two-player non-zero-sum differential games where one player uses continuous control wh...

Since nonprofit organizations play an important role in providing goods and services in all countries, this paper aims at determining optimal policies for ...

We consider the problem of efficiently managing a fishery where pollution externalities are present. The open-access bionomic model is analyzed in an \(n\)...

In this paper, we study the problem of responsibility sharing for product recovery, and its relation to the design of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) ...

In this paper, we consider a two-species fishery model where the species can have different biological interactions, namely, competitive, symbiotic or prey...

It is well known that strategic consumers can harm firms' profits by delaying their purchases, to buy at discounted price. A retailer can induce consumers ...

This paper studies the strategic behavior of firms competing in the exploitation of a common-access productive asset, in the presence of pollution external...

We consider the problem of pricing and advertising a one-time entertainment event. We assume that the organizers want to sell all available tickets. Thre...

Vehicle scrappage subsidy programs have been widely applied by governments to replace old cars by newer, more fuel-efficient ones. While these programs hav...

Brand imitation is a common practice that can take different forms, i.e., legal copying, as in the case of clones and knockoffs, or illegal, in the case of...

We consider a pricing and advertising dynamic-optimization problem where the goodwill dynamics evolve à la Nerlove-Arrow. The firm maximizes its profit ov...

This work studies the strategic impact of a region's investment in adaptation measures on the equilibrium outcomes of a transboundary pollution dynamic gam...

Counterfeiting, which is defined as illegally copying genuine goods with a brand name, is a widespread phenomenon and is imposing a huge cost on owners of tr...

This paper deals with R&D investment and technology licensing in a supply chain formed of an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and a contract manufactu...

A performance-based mechanism as a support for an environmental protection law is proposed to promote product recovery and to subside the pollution caused by...

A private bad is a commodity that causes its owner disutility. This article studies the bilateral exchange of a bad for a good that provides utility. Conside...

We consider a dynamic marketing channel comprising of one manufacturer and one retailer, where consumer demand depends on price and on brand reputation. We...

In this paper, we survey the literature applying viability theory to the sustainable management of renewable resources. After a refresher on the main conce...

It is an established result in the literature that if the knowledge spillover between firms is sufficiently high, then R&D investments are higher when firm...

We consider a class of dynamic games played over an event tree, with random terminal. We assume that the players wish to jointly optimize their payoffs thr...

This paper develops an international-trade game with two locally regulated producers. They may freely export but have to sell in their local market at a pric...

We consider a dynamic game with a corrupt government and multiple civil society organizations as the players. We characterize feedback Stackelberg equilibr...

The technological developments observed in the last two decades contributed to the digitalization of products and the introduction of devices to consume th...

We consider a linear-state dynamic game played over an event tree and determine analytically the price of anarchy (PoA), as well as lower and upper bounds ...

In this paper, we show that cooperative outcomes in a dynamic game played over an event tree can be supported strategically, that is, to be part of a subga...

In this tutorial, we recall the main ingredients of the theory of dyamic games played over event trees and show step-by-step how to build a sustainable coo...

In this paper, we design a REDD mechanism (Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and forests Degradation) to help a region in Madagascar manage its tropi...

In this paper, we propose a diffusion model for a subscription service. The evolution over time of the number of subscribers is governed by a differential ...

We consider the class of stochastic games played over finite event trees, that is, games where the random process is an act of nature and is not influenced b...

In this article, we characterize incentive equilibrium strategies and their credibility conditions for the classes of linear-state and linear-quadratic dynam...

In this paper, we consider a class of non-cooperative N-player finite-horizon linear-quadratic dynamic games with linear constraints. We introduce a constr...

Cake-cutting is a metaphor for problems where a principal agent has to fairly allocate resources. Such problems cover various areas of operations research ...

We consider an \(n\)-player game in coalitional form. We use the so-called \(\delta\) characteristic function to determine the strength of all possible c...

In this paper, we extend the classical market-share attraction model to a multi-category setting to include umbrella-branding spillover. Our starting conject...

In this paper, we introduce a new measure of social fairness based on unfairness feelings of the players involved in an allocation problem, e.g., cake-cuttin...

We consider a dynamic closed-loop supply chain made up of one manufacturer and one retailer, with both players investing in a product recovery program to inc...

We revisit the relationship between market power and firms' investment incentives in a noncooperative differential oligopoly game in which firms sell diffe...

We introduce learning in a dynamic game of international pollution, with ecological uncertainty. We characterize and compare the feedback non-cooperative emi...

We characterize equilibrium pricing strategies in a marketing channel in two scenarios. In the first scenario, the manufacturer chooses the wholesale price...

In this paper, we suggest a new approach called the <i>return function</i> to deal with the determination of Bayesian-Nash equilibria in games of incomplet...

Commercial piracy and counterfeiting are widespread phenomena in different businesses, ranging from software and video games to luxury fashion products. Th...

We consider a class of dynamic games played over an event tree, where the players cooperate to optimize their expected joint payoff. Assuming that the pla...

This article deals with the general theory of games played over uncontrolled event trees, i.e., games where the transition from one node to another is natu...

In the literature, the study of price subsidies of new technologies has focused on the tactical problem of achieving maximum penetration under a budget con...

We compare the use of price-based policies or taxes, and quantity-based policies or quotas, for controlling emissions in a dynamic setup when the regulator...

In this paper we study a class of N -player finite-horizon linear-quadratic difference games with linear constraints. We introduce a specific information...

In this paper, we study N -player finite-horizon discrete-time dynamic stochastic games where the uncertainty is described by an event tree. We consider ...

Why private labels (PLs) enjoy a large market in some countries while hardly penetrating others? What makes a market favourable to PL-product development? A...

The paper surveys the literature on cooperative advertising in marketing channels (supply chains) using game theoretic methods. During the last decade in p...

We consider a differential game with a corrupt government and civil society as its players. We characterize open-loop and feedback Nash equilibria and find...

This paper studies the pricing strategies of firms belonging to a vertical channel structure where optional contingent products are sold. Optional continge...

In many situations, such as art auctions, privatization of public assets and allocation of television airwaves to wireless carriers, the value of the objec...

We consider a two-player differential game of international emissions to represent the interactions between two groups of countries, namely, developed and ...

We model the role of the world's forests as a major carbon sink and consider the impact that forest depletion has on the accumulation of CO₂ in ...

We consider a two-period closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) game where a remanufacturer appropriates of the returns' residual value and decides whether to exc...

In this paper, we provide a decomposition over time of Shapley value for dynamic stochastic discrete-time games, where the uncertainty is described by an eve...

We consider a problem of groundwater management in which a group of farmers overexploits a groundwater stock and causes excessive pollution. A Water Agency...

In the absence of an international environmental agreement (IEA) on climate change, a country may be reluctant to unilaterally implement environmental acti...

A game theoretical model featuring a manufacturer and two dealers is proposed to investigate the effects of downstream horizontal integration on network perf...

We consider a Closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) with a single manufacturer and a single retailer. We characterize and compare the feedback equilibrium resul...

A significant game-theoretic literature on the coordination of distribution channels has developed over the past three decades. We provide an extensive analy...

We consider a duopoly competing in quantity, where firms can invest in both innovative and absorptive R&D to reduce their unit production cost, and where t...

We investigate the dynamic effect that the Tandroy's unsustainable practices have on the forest. The Tandroy people lives in Androy, a region located in th...

Carbon leakage and competitiveness concerns are some of the main reasons why an international environmental agreement is lacking to fight climate change. M...

Umbrella branding is a strategy that consists in using the same name to market different products which may, or may not, be related. The purpose of this pape...

This study proposes a game theoretic approach toward the analysis of renewable portfolio standard policy (RPS), which is one of the main forces behind prom...

In this paper, we empirically compare open-loop and closed-loop investment strategies in production capacities in the three-player Finnish electricity indust...

It is seldom the case that one has the opportunity to compare investments as projected by a long-term multi-period model to what is eventually realized in pr...

We revisit the question of why some participants in online auctions place their bids right before the time of closing. Using e-Bay data for two product cate...

We consider a two-player asymmetric differential game of pollution control. One player is non-vulnerable to pollution, or unwilling to consider damages when ...

The paper provides a survey of the literature which utilizes dynamic state-space games to formulate and analyze intertemporal, many-decision maker problems i...

We consider in this paper a duopoly competing in quantities and where firms can invest in R&D to control their emissions. We distinguish between effort carri...

The paper revisits the advertising differential game suggested by G. Leitmann and W. E. Schmitendorf in their paper "Profit Maximization Through Advertising...

We propose a deterministic, discrete-time, finite-horizon oligopoly model to investigate investment and production equilibrium strategies, in a setting where...

We study a dynamic Cournot game with capacity accumulation under demand uncertainty, in which the investment is perfectly divisible, irreversible, and produc...

A Public Disclosure Program (PDP) is compared to a traditional environmental regulation (exemplified by a tax/subsidy) in a simple dynamic framework. A PDP a...

This paper studies sustainability from both an economic and environmental perspective. We concentrate in two separate but interlinked environmental issues: t...

It is now accepted that climate change is due to the cumulative and joint effect of multiple atmospheric trace constituents. The importance of adopting a com...

Should manufacturers of durable products such as automobiles and household appliances offer cash rebates to all consumers at the time of purchase, or offer t...

This study proposes a game theoretic approach to model and analyze the process of utilizing biomass for power generation considering three players; distribut...

In this paper we use a dynamic model to analyze the composition and stability of international environmental agreements (IEAs) in an asymmetrical framework. ...

Horizontal cooperation among franchisees is now a well-known reality in franchising, as exemplified by the growing number of franchisee associations and adve...

We consider a duopolistic industry where the current sales of each firm is proportional to its goodwill stock. The evolution of the latter depends positivel...

In this paper we develop a model to analyze, in a dynamic framework, how countries join international environmental agreements (IEAs). In the model, where co...

The aim of this paper is to characterize cooperative and noncooperative advertising strategies of a licensor and licensee involved in a licensing contract ...

This paper attempts to shed an empirical light on so-called jump bidding in ascending auctions. There is a jump when a participant in an auction outbids t...

How can a cooperative agreement made at the start of a dynamic game can be sustained over time? Early work has avoided this question by supposing that the...

<p>The paper determines optimal pricing and advertising policies for an entertainment event, taking into account diffusion effects and a last-minute market...

Les contributions récentes en économie du tourisme reconnaissent que le marché du tourisme est un marché de concurrence imparfaite qui doit être abordé du po...

In an Advance Booking Discount Program (ABDP), a firm offers a product at a price discount prior to the selling season. In the selling season the product i...

We consider a noncooperative differential game where a retailer sells her own private label in addition to the manufacturer’s brand. We assume that each bran...

The main purpose of this paper is to study the impact of traditional and emergent environmental regulations on firms’ strategies and outcomes. The former co...

We study in this paper the impact of a Public Disclosure Program(PDP) as well as traditional environmental regulation (tax/subsidy) on optimal policies of t...

A typical assumption in the game-theoretic literature on research and development (R&D) is that all firms belonging to the industry under investigation purs...

In modern transportation systems, the potential for further decreasing the costs of fulfilling customer requests is severely limited while market competitio...

We characterize in this paper the credibility of linear-incentive equilibrium strategies for the class of linear-quadratic differential games. This class is...

We consider a marketing channel where a retailer sells, along the manufacturer’s brand, her own private label. We assume that each player invests in adverti...

This paper argues that the literature applying differential games in economics and management science has aimed to a large extent for analytical results. On...

We propose a game-theoretic model involving the manufacturer of a national brand and a retailer selling her private label along with the national brand. The...

<p>The paper considers a problem of how to minimize advertising costs to sell seats for a particular event, for instance, a sports game, a rock concert or a...

We consider a dynamic marketing channel involving one manufacturer and one retailer. The strategic variables of the former are the wholesale price and the a...

This paper shows that the important result obtained in a static marketing channel, namely, that the manufacturer can coordinate the channel through a two-pa...

<p> We consider an infinite-horizon differential game played by two direct marketers. Each player controls the number of emails sent to potential customers...

We consider two overlapping generations that want to coordinate their strategies of working, consuming and controlling pollution. As the cooperative solution...

In this paper, we model a two-period electricity market with interrelated demand, where oligopolistic generators make investments in peak- and base-load capa...

We propose a game-theoretic model in which one national-brand manufacturer, acting as a leader, maximizes her own profit and one retailer, selling the natio...

This paper proposes a two-player, finite-horizon differential game model to analyze joint implementation in environmental projects, one of the flexible mech...

The paper examines shelf-space allocation and pricing decisions in the marketing channel as the results of a static game played à la Stackelberg between two...

In the last two decades, various studies developed static and dynamic game theory models to demonstrate that the efficiency of marketing channels can be rai...

An infinite-horizon differential game between a manufacturer and a retailer is con- sidered. The players control their marketing efforts and the sales share...

We characterize in this paper the credibility of incentive equilibrium strategies for the class of linear-state differential games. We derive a general cond...

Using a two-player differential game approach, this paper deals with the issue of tropical deforestation. The assumption is that developing forestry countri...

We consider a differential game model for a marketing channel formed by one manufacturer and one retailer. The latter sells the manufacturer's product and ma...

We study in this paper dynamic equilibrium advertising strategies in a duopoly with asymmetric information structure. The advertising model of Lanchester is...

We consider a differentiated duopoly where &#64257;rms invest in research and development (R&D) to reduce their production cost. We show that if the firms pl...

We consider a game where players face environmental constraints. We derive and compare noncooperative, cooperative and umbrella scenarios. In the latter, the...

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We consider a two-player infinite-horizon discrete-time game where the players invest in R&D in order to develop a new technology to reduce production costs....

We study whether the introduction of a private label could be profitable for retailers and manufacturers. We also investigate if cooperative advertising cou...

We propose a differential game to study retailer’s allocation strategy of shelf-space shares between the manufacturers of two competing brands. Each manufact...

This paper proposes a two-player, finite-horizon differential game model to analyze joint implementation in environmental projects, one of the flexible mecha...

The paper addresses the problem of determining a retailer's optimal price promotions of two brands in a product category. A dynamic model is constructed, tak...

This paper deals with time-consistency and agreeability, two dynamic individual rationality concepts, in special linear-quadratic differential games. Condi...

We propose a numerical approach to compute stationary Markov perfect Nash equilibrium advertising strategies of Lanchester model. The algorithm can be implem...

Using an inifinite-horizon two-player differential game, we derive and compare Bertrand and Cournot equilibria, for a differentiated duopoly engaging in proc...

The objective of this paper is to provide a game-theoretic interpretation of joint implementation in environmental projects. We consider a two-player game an...

This paper deals with the issue of deforestation, one of the main global environmental problems. We consider two players having different utilities for fores...

We examine whether cooperative advertising programs could constitute an effective tool to coordinate competitive marketing channels. While previous studies s...

The paper analyzes a differential game model of a two-member marketing channel. A manufacturer invests in national advertising with the purpose of improving ...

The paper identifies conditions under which time-consistency and agreeability, two intertemporal individual rationality concepts, can be verified in linear-s...

We investigate the effects of retailer's myopic behavior on channel members strategies and on sales in a single-manufacturer single-retailer distribution ne...

The paper identifies optimal dynamic marketing strategies in a channel of distribution. A number of (identical) retailers promote locally a manufacturer's b...

This note addresses the issue of computation of the characteristic function values in a <i>n</i>-player linear-state cooperative differential game. One sho...

The paper considers a channel of distribution consisting of a single manufacturer and retailer. The manufacturer advertises in national media, to build up t...

We consider a set of countries that wish to sign an international agreement to control pollution. The problem is studied from the perspective of cooperativ...

This paper exposes in voluntarily simple terms the concept of <i>S</i>-adapted equilibrium introduced to represent and compute economic equilibria on stocha...

This paper addresses the problem whether a cooperative agreement, made at the start of a game, can be sustained over time. The players can reopen negotiatio...

This paper examines dynamic advertising and promotion strategies in a marketing channel where the retailer promotes the manufacturer's product, and the manu...

The paper deals with the problem of sustaining over time a coordinated outcome in a two-member channel of distribution. In a dynamic game of pricing and ad...

The paper identifies the strategic effects of learning-by-doing in presence of unintended spillovers of production experience. In a two-stage game an incum...

This note determines a rule to share a surplus gained when two countries or regions agree to coordinate their policies to reduce downstream pollution. An in...

The paper considers two neighboring countries wishing to make a joint effort to control pollution emission. We use a differential game model that includes ...

This paper aims to provide an answer to the still open question, namely who should, if any, lead a marketing channel? To achieve this objective, we conside...

We consider an asymmetric duopoly producing a homogeneous commodity and facing a competitive demand. Our model incorporates two asymmetries. The first one i...

We study the problem of allocation over time of total cost incurred by countries in a cooperative game of pollution reduction. We compute the characteristi...

The paper is concerned with conflict and coordination in a two-member channel of distribution. We propose a differential game model that includes carry-ove...

We consider a monopolist firm that plans its production, inventory, and pricing policy over a fixed and finite horizon. The problem is represented by an opt...

The paper deals with a problem of determining optimal advertising expenditures in a two-member channel of distribution in which the manufacturer invests in ...

We consider a managerial economics problem of controlling pollution caused by decentralised agents. We build a mathematical model for a local government ai...

An econometric model is developed and used to estimate price promotion effects on sales for the yogourt category in a Quebec market. More specifically, the...

The paper is concerned with sustainable cooperation in a vertical two-member channel of distribution over an infinite planning horizon. Sustainable intertem...

A government wishes to accelerate the adoption of a new technology in order to gradually replace an older one. The new technology is manufactured by a mono...

A multistage supergame model for the management of a downstream pollution dispute between two neighouring regions is constructed. An important feature of th...

This paper is concerned with the problem of the management of pollution by a local government which aims at the achievement of certain environmental standa...

The objective of this paper is to study optimal pricing strategies in a duopoly, under an asymmetric information structure, where the appropriate solution c...

We consider the problem of defining a fair sharing of the total advantages gained by two regions (players) which decide to coordinate their environmental po...

We consider a price setting duopoly producing differentiated goods, where the players can learn by doing and from each other. The unit production cost is mo...

This paper deals with the modeling of economy-environment interactions for several countries which are assumed to behave competitively for the control of th...

We consider a differential game model to investigate the effects of price subsidy over time on the rate of diffusion of a new technology. We assume that the...

This paper presents the first experiments undertaken with a stochastic programming model of gas contract portfolio management. This model is intended to be ...

This paper deals with a stochastic programming model which complements long range market simulation models such as those currently developed by several gas ...

A notion of Nash equilibrium, called event-adapted equilibrium, is defined for non-cooperative, multi-stage games where uncertainty is gradually resolved. ...

L'objectif de cet article est d'analyser les facteurs de succès et d'échec de nouveaux produits de consommation et industriels. Les résultats des analyses d...

This paper presents a stochastic dynamic cooperative game model of power exchange between interconnected utilities. The model is used for the qualitative a...

This paper addresses the question of determining an optimal mix of gas contracts for a producer supplying the North American gas market. We first propose a ...

The aim of this paper is the characterization and the computation of equilibrium solutions in multistage games represented by networks. More specifically, w...

This paper deals with efficient computation of a certain type of Nash-Cournot equilibria in multi-stage oligopolies. The generic structure analyzed herein r...

We consider an oligopolistic industry extracting a non-renewable resource sold in a competitive market. We show, first, that if all players, but one, have i...

Nous analysons dans cette thèse le marché européen du gaz naturel et les échanges d'électricité entre réseaux interconnectés dans le cadre de la théorie des ...

This note deals with the concept of stochastic equilibrium-programming <i>SEP</i> which has recently been proposed for the modeling of imperfect competition ...

A model is presented for looking at the main characteristics of long term gas contracts. The problem is formulated as a dynamic stochastic multimarket model...

A qualitative model is proposed by the economic analysis of the power exchange between two utilities. The model combines an infinite horizon optimal control...

Dans cet article nous procédons à une segmentation des marchés internationaux. Afin d'éliminer la redondance dans les 27 indicateurs socio-économiques consi...