Markov equilibria of stochastic games with complementarities

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-199

  Curtat, Laurent O ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MORGAN STANLEY   (United States)

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EID: 0030524889     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/game.1996.0101     Document Type: Article

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