Monotone methods for equilibrium selection under perfect foresight dynamics

Theoretical Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-192

  Oyama, Daisuke ^a   Takahashi, Satoru ^b   Hofbauer, Josef ^c  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Equilibrium selection; Monotone potential; Perfect foresight dynamics; Potential; Stochastic dominance; Strategic complementarity; Supermodular game

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249133905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15557561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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