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On the number of pure strategy Nash equilibria in finite common payoffs games

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  • Stanford, William, 1999. "On the number of pure strategy Nash equilibria in finite common payoffs games," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 62(1), pages 29-34, January.
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