Game Theory has become one of the main analytical tools for addressing strategic issues in the field of economics and is increasing its influence in other fields of social sciences. With the increased level of extraction of natural resources and pollution of environments, game theory gains its place in the literature and it is more and more seen as a tool for policy makers and not only for theoreticians. The book is structured into four parts dealing with the management of natural resources, the negotiation aspects of water management, water allocation through pricing and markets, and how conflicts and regulation shape the management of the environment.The first part explores game theory concepts applied to fisheries and grazing lands, which are two important natural resources. In the next two parts, several game theory methodologies are considered in the negotiation approach to water management and approaches to water pricing and markets. The last section looks at environmental protection as the end process of the interplay between conflict and regulation. This book includes chapters by experts from developing and developed countries that apply game theory to actual issues in natural resources and the environment. As such the book is extremely useful for graduate students and technical experts interested in the sustainable management of natural resource and the environment. It is also relevant to all Game Theory and Environmental Economics students.
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1 Game theory: a useful approach for policy evaluation in natural resources and the environment by Jose Albiac and Joaquin Sanchez-Soriano and Ariel Dinar 1
2 Game theory and the development of resource management policy: the case of international fisheries by Gordon R. Munro 12
3 Traditional grazing rights in sub-Saharan Africa and the role of policy by Rachael E. Goodhue and Nancy McCarthy 42
4 Application of partition function games to the management of straddling fish stocks by Pedro Pintassilgo and Marko Lindroos 65
5 To negotiate or to game theorize: evaluating water allocation mechanisms in the Kat basin, South Africa by Ariel Dinar and Stefano Farolfi and Fioravante Patrone and Kate Rowntree 85
6 Cooperation and equity in the river-sharing problem by Stefan Ambec and Lars Ehlers 112
7 Negotiating over the allocation of water resources: the strategic importance of bargaining structure by Rachael E. Goodhue and Gordon C. Rausser and Leo K. Simon and Sophie Thoyer 132
8 Rural-urban water transfers with applications to the US-Mexico border region by George B. Frisvold and Kyle J. Emerick 155
9 WAS-guided cooperation in water management: coalitions and gains by Franklin M. Fisher and Annette T. Huber-Lee 181
10 Experimental insights into the efficiency of alternative water management institutions by Aurora Garcia-Gallego and Nikolaos Georgantzis and Praveen Kujal 209
11 A fair tariff system for water management by Rita De Agostini and Vito Fragnelli 236
12 Game-theoretic modeling of water allocation regimes applied to the Yellow River basin in China by Xiaokai Li and Haifeng Shi and Xueyu Lin 248
13 Contributions of game theory to the analysis of consumer boycotts by Philippe Delacote 266
14 How does environment awareness arise? An evolutionary approach by Paloma Zapata-Lillo 278
