Uncoupled dynamics do not lead to Nash equilibrium

American Economic Review

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1830-1836

  Hart, Sergiu ^a   Mas Colell, Andreu ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

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EID: 2942744741     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282803322655581     Document Type: Article

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