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Weakly Continuous Security in Discontinuous and Nonquasiconcave Games: Existence and Characterization

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  • Rabia Nessah, 2013. "Weakly Continuous Security in Discontinuous and Nonquasiconcave Games: Existence and Characterization," Working Papers 2013-ECO-20, IESEG School of Management.
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    Discontinuous games; nonquasiconcave games; pure strategy Nash equilibrium; weakly continuous security; pseudo upper semicontinuity; generalized payoff security; weakly reciprocal upper semicontinuity;
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    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games

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