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A folk theorem for Bayesian games with commitment

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  • Forges, Françoise

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The set of all Bayesian–Nash equilibrium payoffs that the players can achieve by making conditional commitments at the interim stage of a Bayesian game coincides with the set of all feasible, incentive compatible and interim individually rational payoffs of the Bayesian game. Furthermore, the various equilibrium payoffs, which are achieved by means of different commitment devices, are also the equilibrium payoffs of a universal, deterministic commitment game.

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Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Games and Economic Behavior.

Volume (Year): 78 (2013)
Issue (Month): C ()
Pages: 64-71

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Handle: RePEc:eee:gamebe:v:78:y:2013:i:c:p:64-71
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2012.11.004
Contact details of provider: Web page: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/inca/622836

Keywords: Bayesian game; Commitment; Contract; Incentive compatibility; Interim individual rationality;

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  • C70 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - General

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Cited by:

  1. Salomon, Antoine & Forges, Françoise, 2015. "Bayesian repeated games and reputation," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 159(PA), pages 70-104.
  2. Françoise Forges & Ulrich Horst & Antoine Salomon, 2016. "Feasibility and individual rationality in two-person Bayesian games," International Journal of Game Theory, Springer;Game Theory Society, vol. 45(1), pages 11-36, March.
  3. Forges, Françoise & Horst, Ulrich, 2017. "Sender-Receiver Games with Cooperation," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 17, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.

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