Game Theory
Introduction
Global economic recession of 2008 - 09 has led many countries towards debt problems and economic crisis. The members of European Union (EU) also faced economic recession and real debt problems in this recession. In the recent past, member states of EU have exhibited excellent strategic considerations for adoption of different rules and policies against the recent crisis and debt problem that have severely affected the EU (McLean and Taehee, 2010). This report explores the strategic interaction of members of the EU and commission in the process of implementing directives in these states because the implementation of directives has become significant concern in compliance discussion regarding the economic crisis in EU. According to Thomson (2009), directives refer to the important binding rules or enforceable legislative means proposed by the commission. The member countries of EU adopt the policies and legislations by compromised solutions after going through long and concentrated negotiations on the proposed legislations; the states have obligations to transpose the legislations and policies in their respective domestic laws.
The first section of the report entails the relevance of the compliance from the perspective of strategic interaction among the member states of EU. It will also describe the main actors along with the scenario. After that the solution concepts are selected in order to acquire a prediction about the possible behavior of the players and outcomes of their actions. These results will be obtained through implementation of the equilibrium concepts like game theory selected for the current strategic framework and predictions will be made. Last section presents the discussion on the importance of results obtained through the implementation of the concept solutions.
Relevance from Strategic Perspective
As stated by the Thomson (2009), the most significant and enforceable resources are directives of the commission that are
Global economic recession of 2008 - 09 has led many countries towards debt problems and economic crisis. The members of European Union (EU) also faced economic recession and real debt problems in this recession. In the recent past, member states of EU have exhibited excellent strategic considerations for adoption of different rules and policies against the recent crisis and debt problem that have severely affected the EU (McLean and Taehee, 2010). This report explores the strategic interaction of members of the EU and commission in the process of implementing directives in these states because the implementation of directives has become significant concern in compliance discussion regarding the economic crisis in EU. According to Thomson (2009), directives refer to the important binding rules or enforceable legislative means proposed by the commission. The member countries of EU adopt the policies and legislations by compromised solutions after going through long and concentrated negotiations on the proposed legislations; the states have obligations to transpose the legislations and policies in their respective domestic laws.
The first section of the report entails the relevance of the compliance from the perspective of strategic interaction among the member states of EU. It will also describe the main actors along with the scenario. After that the solution concepts are selected in order to acquire a prediction about the possible behavior of the players and outcomes of their actions. These results will be obtained through implementation of the equilibrium concepts like game theory selected for the current strategic framework and predictions will be made. Last section presents the discussion on the importance of results obtained through the implementation of the concept solutions.
Relevance from Strategic Perspective
As stated by the Thomson (2009), the most significant and enforceable resources are directives of the commission that are
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