On the geometry of Nash equilibria and correlated equilibria

نویسندگان

  • Robert Nau
  • Sabrina Gomez Canovas
  • Pierre Hansen
چکیده

It is well known that the set of correlated equilibrium distributions of an n-player noncooperative game is a convex polytope that includes all the Nash equilibrium distributions. We demonstrate an elementary yet surprising result: the Nash equilibria all lie on the boundary of the polytope. JEL Classification: C720.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Int. J. Game Theory

دوره 32  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004