The reading for Topic 3 is a journal paper “The usefulness of game theory as a method for policy evaluation” by Hermans et al. (2014).  This paper has been selected because it reviews and discusses the use of game theory in public policy evaluation. It also presents an application of cooperative game theory to the evaluation of Dutch coastal policy implementation. When policy implementation depends on several interdependent actors, the results suggest that game theory helps in opening up the ‘black-box’ of policy implementation by adding structure and rigour to the study of social processes. 

You can cite the journal paper as:

Hermans, L., Cunningham, S., Slinger, J.  (2014). The usefulness of game theory as a method for policy evaluation. Evaluation 20(1): 10-25. DOI: 10.1177/1356389013516052