About
The subject of Game Theory is central to the mathematical modeling of the economic situations of conflict and cooperation. The HSE’s Game Theory and Decision Making laboratory aims to develop new bridges between the models of non-cooperative behavior, and the normative concept of cooperation and fair division, in particular in their algorithmic and asymptotic dimensions.
Key areas of research:
- Mechanism design and developing new applications for specific resource allocation problems (cost and/or surplus-sharing).
- Defining new equilibrium concepts in cooperative game theory which analyzes the interaction of players forming and breaking alliances by public and/or secret agreements.
- Analyzing informational effects for dynamic games.
- Developing algorithmic game theory, poised to estimate the complexity of finding equilibrium outcomes.
- Investigating asymptotic properties of large games.
During the period from 2017 to 2019 research fellows of the laboratory published 50 articles, half of them in journals indexed Q1-Q2 at Scopus and Web of Science, including Econometrica, Journal of Economic Theory, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Games and Economic Behavior, ACM Economics and Computation, Advances in Mathematics, Economic Theory, International Journal of Game Theory, Public Choice, Social Choice and Welfare, European Journal of Mathematics, Operations Research. We regularly present our results at the best international conferences within our fields of interest such as Society for Social Choice and Welfare, Society for Economic Design, Society for Advancement of Economic Theory, Game Theory Conference at Stony Brook, EEA-ESEM, ACM Economics and Computation.
Each year we host an international conference and a summer school on topics in game theory and mechanism design. Since September 2019 the laboratory has initiated the regular research seminar together with the European University at St. Petersburg and the Steklov Mathematical Institute (PDMI RAS).
St.Petersburg Economic seminar (HSE, EU, PDMI) on November, 11: Artem Baklanov (HSE in St. Petersburg)
Topic: Operationalizing the net-negative carbon economy
Date & Time: November, 11; 18:00 - 19:00
Where: St.Petersburg, Gagarinskaya St, 6, Gagarinsky lecture hall (EUSP) & online platform Zoom
St.Petersburg Economic seminar (HSE, EU, PDMI) on October, 21: Aleksandr Alekseev (University of Regensburg)
Topic: The Economics of Babysitting a Robot
Date & Time: October, 21; 18:00 - 19:00
Where: online platform Zoom
St.Petersburg Economic seminar (HSE, EU, PDMI) on September, 23: Sultan Mehmood (New Economic School)
Topic: The impact of Presidential appointment of judges: Montesquieu or the Federalists?
Date & Time: September, 23; 18:00 - 19:00
Where: online platform Zoom
St.Petersburg Economic seminar (HSE, EU, PDMI) on September, 9: Sergey Kovbasyuk (New Economic School)
Topic: Memory and Markets
Date & Time: September, 9; 18:00 - 19:00
Where: St.Petersburg, Gagarinskaya St, 6, Gagarinsky lecture hall (EUSP) & online platform Zoom
Videos from the GT Lab's events have been published
The presentations are available for downloading and viewing on the website and YouTube channel.
Researchers Propose Carbon Debt System to Combat Global Warming
An international team of researchers, including Artem Baklanov, Research Fellow of the International Laboratory of Game Theory and Decision Making, HSE University, has proposed treating greenhouse gas emissions as financial debt in a new research article published in Nature. This approach could provide immediate economic incentives for enterprises to begin mitigating the harmful effects of their business activities.
The article, co-authored by Artem Baklanov, has been published in Nature
The article by the international research team focuses on global climate policy.
St.Petersburg Economic seminar (HSE, EU, PDMI) on June, 17: Yukiko Asai (The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy)
Topic: Temporary Work Contracts and Female Labor Market Outcomes
Date & Time: June, 17; 18:00 - 19:00
Where: online platform Zoom
Paper from our lab has been accepted for presentation at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-21)
The paper by Artem Baklanov and his co-authors has been accepted by one of the top CS conferences.
St.Petersburg Economic seminar (HSE, EU, PDMI) on June, 03: Andreas Irmen (University of Luxembourg)
Topic: Automation, growth, and factor shares in the era of population aging
Date & Time: June, 03; 18:00 - 19:00
Where: online platform Zoom