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An asymptotic analysis of strategic behavior for exchange economies

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  • Leonidas C. Koutsougeras

    (University of Manchester)

  • Claudia Meo

    (Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”)

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We consider strategic market games associated to exchange economies both in a framework with no uncertainty and with asymmetric information. We address the asymptotic convergence of active Nash equilibria of strategic market games to Walrasian ones for general sequences of economies whose distribution of characteristics has compact support.

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  • Leonidas C. Koutsougeras & Claudia Meo, 2018. "An asymptotic analysis of strategic behavior for exchange economies," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 66(2), pages 301-325, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joecth:v:66:y:2018:i:2:d:10.1007_s00199-017-1068-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s00199-017-1068-6
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    • D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
    • D50 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - General
    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games

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