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On the Openness of Unique Pure-Strategy Nash Equilibrium

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  • Klis Anna A.

    (Department of Economics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalbIL 60115, USA)

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This paper investigates whether small perturbations to a game with continuous strategy spaces and unique Nash equilibrium also yields a game with unique equilibrium. The answer is affirmative for games with smooth payoffs, differentiable strict concavity in own actions, and transversal intersection of best response curves. Though intuitive for games with unique interior equilibrium, this result holds even for equilibria at the boundaries of strategy sets.

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  • Klis Anna A., 2019. "On the Openness of Unique Pure-Strategy Nash Equilibrium," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 19(1), pages 1-9, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bejtec:v:19:y:2019:i:1:p:9:n:14
    DOI: 10.1515/bejte-2017-0065
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