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Submission deadline: September 1, 2024

Announcement of Special issue of JPET in honor of Myrna Wooders:

We invite papers for potential presentation at PET Lyon to a planned special issue of the Journal of Public Economic Theory in honor of Myrna Wooders' contributions to economics and game theory. The Guest Editors of the special issue, Rabah Amir, Edward Cartwright, Cuong le Van and Anne van den Nouweland are especially interested in works related to Myrna's contributions to the theories of club formation, local public goods, arbitrage in general equilibrium, Nash equilibrium in games with many players, discrimination, incomplete information, privacy, and industrial organization models with entry.

The due date for submissions is Nov 1st, 2024.

 

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Counteracting “the tragedy of the commons” in an imperfect world

Agnieszka Wiszniewska-Matyszkiel, Rajani Singh, 
  •  5 September 2024
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Corruption dynamics and political instability

Maurizio Lisciandra, Antonio Miralles Asensio, Fabio Monteforte, 
  •  23 August 2024
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Habits and externalities

Arthur J. Caplan, 
  •  20 August 2024
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Policy rules and political polarization

Carsten Hefeker, Michael Neugart, 
  •  16 August 2024
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Criminal network, leniency, and market externalities

Giovanni Immordino, Salvatore Piccolo, Paolo Roberti, 
  •  8 August 2024
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