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Local Payoff Security and the Existence of Nash Equilibrium in Discontinuous Games

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  • Reny, Philip J., 1995. "Local Payoff Security and the Existence of Nash Equilibrium in Discontinuous Games," Working Paper Series 435, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
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    2. Francesco Ciardiello, 2007. "Convexity on Nash Equilibria without Linear Structure," Quaderni DSEMS 15-2007, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Matematiche e Statistiche, Universita' di Foggia.
    3. Francesco Ciardiello, 2007. "Some Examples and Counterexamples about Continuity on Equilibrium Problems," Quaderni DSEMS 16-2007, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Matematiche e Statistiche, Universita' di Foggia.

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    Keywords

    Game thoery; Nash equilibrium; Discontinuous games; Local payoff secure;
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    • C70 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - General

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