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Noncooperative games, coupling constraints, and partial efficiency

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  • Sjur Didrik Flåm

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Many noncooperative settings require sharing of aggregate holdings—be these of natural resources, production tasks, or pollution permits. This paper considers instances where the shared items eventually become competitively priced. For that reason, the solution concept incorporates features of Nash and Walras equilibria. Focus is on how the concerned agents, by themselves, may reach an outcome of such sort. A main mechanism is direct bilateral exchange, repeated time and again.

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  • Sjur Didrik Flåm, 2016. "Noncooperative games, coupling constraints, and partial efficiency," Economic Theory Bulletin, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 4(2), pages 213-229, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:etbull:v:4:y:2016:i:2:d:10.1007_s40505-015-0079-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s40505-015-0079-3
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    Keywords

    Coupling constraints; Normalized Nash equilibrium; Partial efficiency; Bilateral exchange; Monotonicity; Stability; Convergence;
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    JEL classification:

    • C62 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Existence and Stability Conditions of Equilibrium
    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities

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