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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3979| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Equilibria in symmetric games : theory and applications |
| Authors: | Hefti, Andreas |
| DOI: | 10.21256/zhaw-3979 10.3982/TE2151 |
| Published in: | Theoretical Economics |
| Volume(Issue): | 12 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Page(s): | 979 |
| Pages to: | 1002 |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Econometric Society |
| ISSN: | 1933-6837 1555-7561 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Oligopopy; Symmetric equilibrium; Symmetric game; Uniqueness |
| Subject (DDC): | 330: Economics 510: Mathematics |
| Abstract: | This article presents a new approach to analyze the equilibrium set of symmetric, differentiable games by separating multiple symmetric equilibria and asymmetric equilibria. This separation allows the investigation of, for example, how various parameter constellations affect the scope for multiple symmetric or asymmetric equilibria, or how the equilibrium set depends on the nature of the strategies. The approach is particularly helpful in applications because (i) it allows the complexity of the uniqueness problem to be reduced to a two-player game, (ii) boundary conditions are less critical compared to standard procedures, and (iii) best replies need not be everywhere differentiable. The usefulness of the separation approach is illustrated with several examples, including an application to asymmetric games and to a two-dimensional price-information game. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/10361 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY-NC 4.0: Attribution - Non commercial 4.0 International |
| Departement: | School of Management and Law |
| Organisational Unit: | Center for Economic Policy (FWP) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Hefti, A. (2017). Equilibria in symmetric games : theory and applications. Theoretical Economics, 12(3), 979–1002. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3979
Hefti, A. (2017) ‘Equilibria in symmetric games : theory and applications’, Theoretical Economics, 12(3), pp. 979–1002. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3979.
A. Hefti, “Equilibria in symmetric games : theory and applications,” Theoretical Economics, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 979–1002, 2017, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-3979.
HEFTI, Andreas, 2017. Equilibria in symmetric games : theory and applications. Theoretical Economics. 2017. Bd. 12, Nr. 3, S. 979–1002. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-3979
Hefti, Andreas. 2017. “Equilibria in Symmetric Games : Theory and Applications.” Theoretical Economics 12 (3): 979–1002. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3979.
Hefti, Andreas. “Equilibria in Symmetric Games : Theory and Applications.” Theoretical Economics, vol. 12, no. 3, 2017, pp. 979–1002, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3979.
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