Existence and uniqueness of Nash equilibrium in electoral competition games: The hybrid case
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- Alejandro Saporiti, 2008. "Existence and Uniqueness of Nash Equilibrium in Electoral Competition Games: The Hybrid Case," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 10(5), pages 827-857, October.
- Alejandro Saporiti, 2007. "Existence and uniqueness of Nash Equilibrium in electoral competition games: The hybrid case," Economics Discussion Paper Series 0702, Economics, The University of Manchester.
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Keywords
Electoral competition; mixed motivations; discontinuous games; Nash equilibrium.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2008-02-02 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-GTH-2008-02-02 (Game Theory)
- NEP-MIC-2008-02-02 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-POL-2008-02-02 (Positive Political Economics)
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