The identification power of equilibrium in simple games

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-283

  Aradillas Lopez, Andres ^a   Tamer, Elie ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium vs rationality; Identification; Partial identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949087726     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/073500108000000105     Document Type: Article

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