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Inseparables: exact potentials and addition

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  • Nikolai S. Kukushkin

    (Dorodnicyn Computing Centre, FRC CSC RAS; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology)

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In both universal classes of exact potential games described in the existing literature, congestion games and games with structured utilities, the players sum up their common local utilities. This paper shows that no other method to aggregate local utilities could guarantee the existence of an exact potential.

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  • Nikolai S. Kukushkin, 2017. "Inseparables: exact potentials and addition," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 37(2), pages 1176-1181.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-17-00363
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    Keywords

    Potential game; Congestion game; Game with structured utilities; Additive aggregation;
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    • C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory

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