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On the existence of essential and trembling-hand perfect equilibria in discontinuous games

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  • Vincenzo Scalzo

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We identify classes of discontinuous games with infinitely many pure strategies where, for every class and every game in a dense subset, any mixed-strategy equilibrium is essential. Moreover, in some cases, we prove that the essential mixed-strategy equilibria are trembling-hand perfect and each stable set of equilibria contains only one element.

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  • Vincenzo Scalzo, 2014. "On the existence of essential and trembling-hand perfect equilibria in discontinuous games," Economic Theory Bulletin, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 2(1), pages 1-12, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:etbull:v:2:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1007_s40505-013-0021-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s40505-013-0021-5
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    Keywords

    Discontinuous infinite games; Essential equilibria; Trembling-hand perfect equilibria; Strategic stability;
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    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games

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