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Cooperative Games With Incomplete Information: Some Open Problems

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  • FRANÇOISE FORGES

    () (CEREMADE and LEDa, Université Paris-Dauphine, Place du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 75775 Paris cedex 16, France;
    Institut Universitaire de France, France)

  • ROBERTO SERRANO

    () (Department of Economics, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA)

Abstract

This is a brief survey describing some of the recent progress and open problems in the area of cooperative games with incomplete information. We discuss exchange economies, cooperative Bayesian games with orthogonal coalitions, and issues of cooperation in noncooperative Bayesian games.

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  • Françoise Forges & Roberto Serrano, 2013. "Cooperative Games With Incomplete Information: Some Open Problems," International Game Theory Review (IGTR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 15(02), pages 1-17.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:igtrxx:v:15:y:2013:i:02:n:s0219198913400094
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219198913400094
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    1. Salamanca, Andrés, 2018. "On the Values of Bayesian Cooperative Games with Sidepayments," Discussion Papers of Business and Economics 6/2018, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Business and Economics.
    2. Akira Okada, 2015. "Cooperation and Institution in Games," The Japanese Economic Review, Japanese Economic Association, vol. 66(1), pages 1-32, March.
    3. Salamanca, Andrés, 2018. "A Generalization of the Harsanyi NTU Value to Games with Incomplete Information," Discussion Papers of Business and Economics 5/2018, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Business and Economics.
    4. Routledge, R.R., 2014. "Deviations, uncertainty and the core," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 286-297.
    5. repec:eee:gamebe:v:108:y:2018:i:c:p:22-36 is not listed on IDEAS
    6. Yusuke Kamishiro & Roberto Serrano, 2018. "Small Informational Size and Interim Cores of Large Quasilinear Economies," Working Papers 2018-11, Brown University, Department of Economics.

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    Keywords

    Strategic externalities; informational externalities; exchange economies; cooperative games with orthogonal coalitions; noncooperative Bayesian games; C71; C72; D51; D82;

    JEL classification:

    • B4 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology
    • C0 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General
    • C6 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling
    • C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory
    • D5 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium
    • D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
    • M2 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics

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