On equilibrium in pure strategies in games with many players

被引:5
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作者
Cartwright, Edward [2 ]
Wooders, Myrna [1 ]
机构
[1] Vanderbilt Univ Nashville, Dept Econ, Nashville, TN 37235 USA
[2] Univ Kent, Keynes Coll, Dept Econ, Canterbury CT2 7NP, Kent, England
关键词
Bayesian equilibrium; Purification; Large games; Semi-anonymity; Ex-post stability; Shapley-Folkman Theorem; Countable strategy space; INCOMPLETE INFORMATION; PRIVATE INFORMATION; NASH EQUILIBRIA; PURIFICATION;
D O I
10.1007/s00182-008-0150-5
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We demonstrate that, if there are sufficiently many players, any Bayesian equilibrium of an incomplete information game can be "epsilon-purified" . That is, close to any Bayesian equilibrium there is an approximate Bayesian equilibrium in pure strategies. Our main contribution is obtaining this result for games with a countable set of pure strategies. In order to do so we derive a mathematical result, in the spirit of the Shapley-Folkman Theorem, permitting countable strategy sets. Our main assumption is a "large game property," dictating that the actions of relatively small subsets of players cannot have large affects on the payoffs of other players.
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页码:137 / 153
页数:17
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