Game Theory and Policy Making in Natural Resources and the Environment

by Dinar; Ariel

• ISBN13: 9780415774222
• ISBN10: 0415774225
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book includes chapters by experts from developing and developed countries that apply game theory to issues in natural resources and the environment. The focus in the book is clearly on applications that have policy relevance and that could lead to establishment of policy dialogue. The book objective is to demonstrate the usefulness of game theory in policy making at various levels, and for various aspects related to natural resources and the environment. In that respect, the proposed book differs from existing books that focus on game theory applications. It is more policy oriented and aims to focus on a wide range of readers, who are not necessarily pure game theorists, but appreciate the potential game theory may bring to useful policy debates. Contributors include George B. Frisvold, Gordon Rausser and Franklin M. Fisher.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. vii
List of contributors	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
List of abbreviations and acronyms	p. xix
Game theory: a useful approach for policy evaluation in natural resources and the environment	p. 1
Game theory and the development of resource management policy: the case of international fisheries	p. 12
Traditional grazing rights in sub-Saharan Africa and the role of policy	p. 42
Application of partition function games to the management of straddling fish stocks	p. 65
To negotiate or to game theorize: evaluating water allocation mechanisms in the Kat basin, South Africa	p. 85
Cooperation and equity in the river-sharing problem	p. 112
Negotiating over the allocation of water resources: the strategic importance of bargaining structure	p. 132
Rural-urban water transfers with applications to the US-Mexico border region	p. 155
WAS-guided cooperation in water management: coalitions and gains	p. 181
Experimental insights into the efficiency of alternative water management institutions	p. 209
A fair tariff system for water management	p. 236
Game-theoretic modeling of water allocation regimes applied to the Yellow River basin in China	p. 248
Contributions of game theory to the analysis of consumer boycotts	p. 266
How does environment awareness arise? An evolutionary approach	p. 278
Effects of alternative CDM baseline schemes under an imperfectly competitive market structure	p. 307
Index	p. 335
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