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Perfect information games where each player acts only once

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  • Kutay Cingiz

    (Wageningen University)

  • János Flesch

    (Maastricht University)

  • P. Jean-Jacques Herings

    (Maastricht University)

  • Arkadi Predtetchinski

    (Maastricht University)

Abstract

We study perfect information games played by an infinite sequence of players, each acting only once in the course of the game. We introduce a class of frequency-based minority games and show that these games have no subgame perfect $$\epsilon $$ ϵ -equilibrium for any $$\epsilon $$ ϵ sufficiently small. Furthermore, we present a number of sufficient conditions to guarantee existence of subgame perfect $$\epsilon $$ ϵ -equilibrium.

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  • Kutay Cingiz & János Flesch & P. Jean-Jacques Herings & Arkadi Predtetchinski, 2020. "Perfect information games where each player acts only once," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 69(4), pages 965-985, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joecth:v:69:y:2020:i:4:d:10.1007_s00199-019-01199-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s00199-019-01199-3
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    Minority games; Subgame perfect $$epsilon $$ ϵ -equilibria; Upper semicontinuous functions; Infinitely many players;
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    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making

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