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Potential games with NM utilities

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  • Nikolai S. Kukushkin

    (Russian Academy of Sciences, Dorodnicyn Computing Center)

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Given a game admitting an exact potential, affine transformations of utilities are described that do or do not destroy the property. All weighted potentials of a game admitting one are described.

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  • Nikolai S. Kukushkin, 2008. "Potential games with NM utilities," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 3(17), pages 1-7.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-07c70039
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