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A formula for Nash equilibria in monotone singleton congestion games

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  • Samir Sbabou

    (CREM-UMR CNRS 6211, Université de Caen, France)

  • Hatem Smaoui

    (CEMOI, Faculté de Droit et d''Economie, Université de La Réunion, France)

  • Abderrahmane Ziad

    (CREM-UMR CNRS 6211, Université de Caen, France)

Abstract

This paper provides a simple formula describing all Nash equilibria in monotone symmetric singleton congestion games. Our approach also yields a new and short proof establishing the existence of a Nash equilibrium in this kind of congestion games.

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  • Samir Sbabou & Hatem Smaoui & Abderrahmane Ziad, 2013. "A formula for Nash equilibria in monotone singleton congestion games," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 33(1), pages 334-339.
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    Keywords

    Singleton congestion games; Nash equilibria; Ordinal preferences.;
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    • C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory

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