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Conflict of interests, (implicit) coalitions and Nash policy games

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  • Acocella, Nicola
  • Di Bartolomeo, Giovanni
  • Piacquadio, Paolo G.

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By introducing the concepts of implicit coalitions and conflict of interests in a multiple-player context, this paper generalizes some theorems on policy invariance and equilibrium existence and uniqueness for LQ policy games.

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  • Acocella, Nicola & Di Bartolomeo, Giovanni & Piacquadio, Paolo G., 2009. "Conflict of interests, (implicit) coalitions and Nash policy games," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 105(3), pages 303-305, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:105:y:2009:i:3:p:303-305
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