ICES Experimental Economics Brown Bag Lecture
Multilevel Governance and Global Public Goods with Heterogeneous Payoffs: Game Theory Models and Experimental Designs
Friday, April 24, 2026 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Vernon Smith Hall (formerly Metropolitan Building), Room 5075
The Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES) presents an ICES Brown Bag Lecture featuring:
George Mason University
Multilevel Governance and Global Public Goods with Heterogeneous Payoffs: Game Theory Models and Experimental Designs
Abstract
In this paper I investigate the phenomenon of multilevel governance of public goods provision, most notably the provision of standards goods, such as rule of law norms, market access, and free trade. I build game theory representations of this phenomenon in static and dynamic environments, as well as propose experiments which study this phenomenon based on the game theory representation. A key feature of such systems is the heterogeneous nature of payoffs of such standards goods on those which are their direct providers and external demands for the provision of such good, via multi-level governance structures. I characterize the parameter space under which there are positive-contribution equilibria and use this result to discuss a case of multi-level governance in the European Union context.
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