FIFTH AERNA WORKSHOP ON
GAME THEORY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Murcia 2-3 September, 2025
The Workshop invites submissions of papers that deal with environmental and resource economics problems using any of the branches of Game Theory. Theoretical and empirical contributions are welcome, including, but not limited to, coalition formation, strategic environmental policy, dynamic games, bargaining, behavioral economics, experimental economics and network economics.
Although completed papers are welcome, the Workshop encourages particularly the submission of ongoing research or papers which are not completely finished. The format of the meeting will allow extensive discussions about each one of the accepted papers. Submissions by PhD students are particularly encouraged.
PROGRAM
September 2:
8:30-8:45 Registration
8:45-9:00 Welcome
9:00-10:40 Working session I. Chair: Renan Goetz
9:00-9:50
Dynamic Weakest-link Games with Durable Goods.
Alejandro Caparros, Diego Mariño Fages, Jose Oviedo
9:50-10:40
Peer-to-Peer Sharing, Price Competition, and Consumers’ Awareness
Francisco J. André, Carmen Arguedas, Claudia Ranocchia, Sandra Rousseau
10:40-11:10 Coffee break
11:10-12:50 Working session II. Chair: Santiago J. Rubio
11:10-12:00
Climate Change, Endogenous Growth and Time-Inconsistency
Carles Maño-Cabello
12:00-12:50
Analyzing Rent Dissipation in Conflicts Over Natural Resources
Maykol Rodriguez-Prieto, Jorge Marco
12:50-14:10 Lunch
14:10-15:50 Working session III. Chair: Michael Finus
14:10-15:00
Environmental regulation and green reputation: tax evasion versus greenwashing
Francisco Cabo, Guiomar Martín-Herrán, Laís Ramos
15:00-15:50
Environmental policies under monopolistic competition with green consumerism
Begoña Casino, Lluís M. Granero, Santiago J. Rubio
15:50-16:20 Coffee break
16:20-18:15 Emerging Ideas Session I. Chair: Pedro Pintassilgo
16:20-16:50
Greewashing or Green Innovation? Signaling Games under Environmental Monitoring
Shao Kexin
16:50 -17:20
A game theory approach for individual choice between bottled and tap water
Andrea Rampa
17:20 -17:50
Who Owns the Circular Loop? Competition Between Generalist Peer-to-Peer Platforms and Incumbent Resale Model
Francisco J. André, Carmen Arguedas, Claudia Ranocchia, Sandra Rousseau
17:50-18:20 AERNA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
19:00 Cultural Visit
20:30 Conference dinner
Restaurante La Pequeña Taberna (Plaza San Juan, 7, 30003 Murcia)
September 3:
9:00-10:40 Working session I. Chair: Guiomar Martín-Herrán
9:00-9:50
Climate Events and Adaptation: Effects on Environmental Policy and Abatement
Ana Espinola-Arredondo, Felix Muñoz-Garcia, and Françeska Tomori
9:50-10:40
A Mechanism for Addressing Compliance and Participation in Global Public Good Treaties: A Comment
Michael Finus
10:40-11:10 Coffee break
11:10-12:50 Working session II. Chair: Francisco Cabo
11:10-12:00
A Fishery Coalition Game with a Regulator
Lone Grønbæk, Marko Lindroos, Gordon Munro, Pedro Pintassilgo
12:00-12:50
Agglomeration bonus as an economic incentive for coordinating fire prevention efforts: experimental evidence in Catalonia, Spain
Josep Ollé Mercadé, Elena Górriz-Mifsud, Valentino Marini Govigli
12:50-14:10 Lunch
14:10-15:50 Working session III. Chair: Alejandro Caparrós
14:10-15:00
Strategic Recycling of Critical Raw Materials
Hassan Benchekroun, Miao Dai, Francesco Ricci
15:00-15:50
Tipping the Economy Toward Cooperation: A Social Network Approach and Moral Ambiguity
Jorge Marco and Renan Goetz
15:50-16:20 Coffee break
16:20-17:50 Emerging Ideas Session II. Chair: Carmen Arguedas
16:20-16:50
Inaction Despite Intentions: Why Might Low-Emitting States Seek Mitigation Over Adaptation?
Ryan Gibbons
16:50 -17:20
On the robustness of coalition stability in the great fish war model
Julia de Frutos Cachorro, Carles Mañó-Cabello and Jesús Marín-Solano
17:20 -17:50
Productivity, growth and the geography of pollution regulation
María Pilar Martínez-García, José R. Morales
There is a registration fee of 75€ for AERNA members (105 for non AERNA members) which covers lunches, coffee breaks and a conference dinner. Information about registration will be announced in due time.
Submission deadline: June 1, 2025
Notification of acceptance: June 20, 2025
Venue: Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Murcia. C/Santo Cristo, 1, 30001. Murcia
Organizing Committee: María Pilar Martínez García, José Morales and Isabel Albaladejo.
Scientific Committee:
- Carmen Arguedas (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
- Francisco Cabo (Universidad de Valladolid)
- Julia de Frutos Cachorro (Universitat de Barcelona)
- Guiomar Martín Herrán (Universidad de Valladolid)
- María Pilar Martínez García (Universidad de Murcia)
- José Morales (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
- Lucia Sbragia (Durham University Business School)
Submission of papers: Please send your papers in PDF or Word format to [email protected]
Important information: Please, beware that local festivities will take place in Murcia these days. Demand for lodging and prices might be high. We strongly recommend booking ASAP.
To register, please follow this link
FOURTH AERNA WORKSHOP ON
GAME THEORY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Valladolid 4-5 September, 2023
The Workshop will bring together researchers affiliated to the AERNA Working Group on Game
Theory and Environmental and Resource Economics, and invites submissions of papers that
deal with environmental and resource economics problems using any of the branches of Game
Theory. Theoretical and empirical contributions are welcome, including, but not limited to, coalition
formation, strategic environmental policy, dynamic games, bargaining, behavioral economics,
experimental economics and network economics.
Although completed papers are welcome, the Workshop encourages particularly the submission
of ongoing research or papers which are not completely finished. The format of the meeting will
allow extensive discussions about each one of the accepted papers. Submissions by PhD
students are particularly encouraged.
There is a registration fee of 75€ which covers lunches, coffee breaks and a conference dinner.
Information about registration will be announced in due time.
Submission deadline: June 1, 2023
Notification of acceptance: June 20, 2023
Venue: Instituto Universitario de Estudios Europeos, Universidad de Valladolid, Plaza de Santa
Cruz, 5, 1ª planta, 47002, Valladolid, Spain.
Program:
September 4:
8:30-8:45 Registration
8:45 -9:00 Welcome
9:00-11:00 Working session I. Chair: Santiago J. Rubio
9:00-10:00
Final Countdown? An Experimental Collective Risk Dilemma with Horizon Uncertainty
Carmen Arguedas, Hubert J. Kiss and Ágnes Pintér
10:00-11:00
Gradual Coalition Formation in International Environmental Agreements
Alejandro Caparrós and Jean Christophe Péreau
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:30 Working session II. Chair: Renan Goetz
11:30-12:30
A Great Fish War Model with Quasi-Hyperbolic Discounting and Asymmetric Players
Joakim Alderborn and Jesús Marín-Solano
12:30-13:30
Factors for Strategic Restraint in Environmental Contests
Daniel Cardona, Jenny De Freitas and Antoni Rubı́-Barceló
13:30-14:45 Lunch
14:45-16:45 Working session III. Chair: Michael Finus
14:45-15:45
Porter Hypothesis vs Pollution Haven Hypothesis: Can an Emission Tax Avoid the Pollution Haven Hypothesis?
Francisco J. André, Claudia Ranocchia and Santiago J. Rubio
15:45-16:45
Self-image, Adaptation and the Stability of International Environmental Agreements
Michèle Breton and Lucia Sbragia
16:45-17:15 Coffee break
17:15-18:15 Working session IV. Chair: Francisco J. André
Tipping the Economy Towards Cooperation: Extrinsic versus Intrinsic Motivation
Jorge Marcos and Renan Goetz
18:15-18:45 General assembly
20:30 Conference dinner
September 5:
9:00-11:00 Working session I. Chair: Carmen Arguedas
9:00-10:00
The Strategic Role of Adaptation in International Environmental Agreements
Anna Viktoria Rohrera and Santiago J. Rubio
10:00-11:00
Global Climate Governance in the Light of Geoengineering: A Shot in the Dark?
Michael Finus and Francesco Furini
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:30 Working session II. Chair: Jesús Marín-Solano
11:30-12:30
Green versus White: Mitigation and Solar Geoengineering in Climate Agreements
Michael Finus, Francesco Furini and Ebony Granada
12:30-13:15 Visit to the historical library of the university
13:15-14:45 Lunch
14:45-16:45 Working session III. Chair: Alejandro Caparrós
14:45-15:45
Environmental Regulation and Inspection Delegation with Stock Pollution
Carmen Arguedas, Francisco Cabo and Guiomar Martín-Herrán
15:45-16:45
What is my Neighbour Doing? Heterogeneous Agents under Free Trade with Renewable Resources
Carles Mañó-Cabello, Jesús Marín-Solano and Jorge Navas
16:45-17:15 Coffee break
17:15-18:15 Working session IV. Chair: Lucia Sbragia
Efficiency-Inducing Policy for Polluting Oligopolists
Guiomar Martín-Herrán and Santiago J. Rubio
Organizing Committee: Francisco Cabo and Guiomar Martín-Herrán
Scientific Committee:
Carmen Arguedas (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Julia de Frutos Cachorro (Universitat de Barcelona)
Mª Pilar Martínez García (Universidad de Murcia)
José Morales (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Lucia Sbragia (Durham University Business School)
Submission of papers: Please send your papers in PDF or Word format to Francisco Cabo
([email protected])
Important information: Please, beware that local festivities will take place in Valladolid these
days. Demand for lodging and prices might be high. We strongly recommend booking ASAP.
