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Stable Agreements in Infinitely Repeated Games

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  • Licun Xue

    (Department of Economics, University of Aarhus, Denmark)

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This paper studies infinitely repeated games where players can form coalitions to coordinate their actions via self-enforcing agreements. The proposed notion of "stable agreements" extends a characterization of the set of subgame perfect equilibrium paths by Greenberg (1989, 1990) to account for self-enforcing coalitional deviations. An agreement is stable if no coalition can deviate in such a way that by solely coordinating the actions of its own members, it guarantees a higher payoff for each member. Existence of the proposed notion is established and its relation to other notions is investigated.

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  • Licun Xue, "undated". "Stable Agreements in Infinitely Repeated Games," Economics Working Papers 2000-13, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University.
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    Keywords

    Repeated games; renegotiation; self-enforcing agreements; coalitions;
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    JEL classification:

    • C70 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - General
    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games

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