Insurers participating in pooled-employer programs lose money, possibly due to adverse selection, as high-risk employees are more likely to select certain plans. (by Allison Bruce)

Game theory can be used to become the world champion of poker and to understand the commitment power of engagement rings. (by Tim Harford)

Annuities offer reduced risk for an ageing population, but adverse selection leads to high premiums, as those with high life expectancies are most likely to enroll. (by David Uren)

New bond-rating system for Canadian banks takes into account the likelihood of government bailouts, recognizing moral hazard (by Harry Koza)

The decision to take steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs is a dominant strategy, leading to a prisoner's dilemma (by Bruce Schneier)

New regulations encourage Korean citizens to purchase homes in the US, but information asymmetry and adverse selection require caution -- a simple tale of the lemons problem applied to homes. (by Chang Se-moon)

Even Wall Street's biggest money managers overbid in the traditional dollar auction. (by Paul B. Farrell)

Questions the wisdom of applying tit for tat to the Israel-Lebanon war (by Tim Harford)

Regular flooding of the Delaware River is due to moral hazard. Responsible parties, including energy companies, face no responsibility as the federal government provides relief. (by Graham L. Brown)

Argues that investors should stay away from hedge funds because of cognitive biases and the winner's curse. (by Jonathan Reiss)

Adverse selection in the pension insurance market is overcome with mandating insurance coverage, but moral hazard persists. (by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Peter van Doren)

Argues that waiting periods for medical insurance coverage in South Africa should be used only to overcome adverse selection, not to forward discrimination.

Discusses why economic analysis of sport is becoming increasingly more common (by Sue Kirchhoff)

A drunk boater speeds directly at police, described as a game of chicken (with unfortunate pun) in the headline. (by Brandon Puttbrese)

Failing to learn from James Dean, and suffer a head-on auto collision as both refuse to lose in a game of chicken (by James V. Franco)

Computer scientists use game theory to create poker-playing computers. (by David Templeton)

William Chen, a PhD mathematician, uses game theory and mathematics to win at the World Series of Poker. (by Ryan McLane)

Optimal soccer penalty kicks require the use of mixed strategies. Zidane and Buffon are cited not only as world-class players but also master strategists. (by Tim Harford)

Stock market frenzies and crashes need not be due to exuberance or idiocy, but may reflect rational signaling and information herding. (by Tim Harford)

Lawyers will face off, with the assistance of paralegals. Perhaps mixed strategy equilibria will be a required topic in law schools. (by Matt Sokoloff)

A discussion of the theoretical and psychological elements of risk in the insurance industry (by Tim Harford)

A lengthy discussion of the game-theoretic aspects of poker (by Tim Harford)

Angry letters respond to a review article in Science which suggested that cooperative game theory is a better model of reproduction than Darwin's sexual selection. (by Nick Atkinson)

A discussion of Akerlof's famous lemon problem, and the role of adverse selction in the markets for used cars and insurance (by Tim Harford)

A clever argument, applying simple insights from auction theory, that lobbyists have less power than commonly imagined. (by Tim Harford)

The theory of focal points suggests that random strangers should be able to find each other in New York City in this Primetime experiment.

Thomas Schelling's Nobel prize winning theory helps people diet, with public humiliation facing those who do not lose the weight.

Describes Google's and Yahoo's online auctions for ad space, delving into the theory of first- and second-price auctions, and the winner's curse.

In suggesting investors buy Johnson and Johnson, the article touches upon the winner's curse in takeover abttles. (by Pat Dorsey)