Real-World Data Applications

Empirical game theory with public historical data — trade, conflict, climate, health.
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Real-World Data Applications

Empirical game theory with public historical data — trade, conflict, climate, health.

The arms race as iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma — a Cold War analysis

real-world-data-applications
arms-race
prisoners-dilemma
cold-war

Model the US-Soviet nuclear arms race as an iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma in R, simulate strategy profiles including MAD, compare with stylised historical spending patterns, and connect to the folk theorem.

May 8, 2026

The Cuban Missile Crisis as a signaling game

real-world-data-applications
signaling-games
incomplete-information
crisis-bargaining

Model the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis as a game-theoretic signaling game in R, analyzing Kennedy’s and Khrushchev’s strategic choices through incomplete information, credibility, and escalation dynamics.

May 8, 2026

Penalty kicks as a minimax game — testing mixed-strategy equilibrium with football data

real-world-data-applications
minimax
mixed-strategy
sports-economics

Model penalty kicks as a zero-sum game between kicker and goalkeeper, compute minimax mixed strategies from realistic scoring data, and test equilibrium predictions against observed professional football frequencies.

May 8, 2026

Spectrum Auction Analysis: Revenue, Efficiency, and the Exposure Problem

real-world-data-applications
auction-theory
spectrum-auctions
mechanism-design

Simulate and analyse multi-round ascending spectrum auction data inspired by FCC designs, computing winning prices, revenue efficiency, VCG benchmarks, bidder surplus, and diagnosing the exposure problem with complementary valuations.

May 8, 2026

Uber surge pricing as a dynamic game

real-world-data-applications
surge-pricing
platform-economics
dynamic-games

Model ride-sharing surge pricing as a multi-player game between platform, drivers, and riders, simulating demand-supply dynamics, driver repositioning strategies, price equilibria, and welfare analysis.

May 8, 2026
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