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Since the seminal contribution of Jackson & Wolinsky 1996 [A Strategic Model of Social and Economic Networks, JET 71 …, 44-74] it has been widely acknowledged that the formation of social networks exhibits a general conflict between … results that relate situations of positive externalities with stable networks that cannot be "too dense" in a well …
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This paper studies a game of attack and interception in a network, where a single attacker chooses a target and a path, and each node chooses a level of protection. We show that the Nash equilibrium of the game exists and is unique. We characterize equilibrium attack paths and attack...
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into account the potential externalities networks produce. Once social ties are in place, these externalities shape the … norms are easily sustained in symmetric networks. By contrast, when an efficient interaction requires players to play …
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We investigate the scope for cooperation within a community engaged in repeated reciprocal interactions. Players seek the help of others and approach them sequentially according to some fixed order, that is, a ranking profile. We study the ranking profiles that are most effective in sustaining...
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opportunities to identify learning rules, since on networks (compared to, e.g., random matching) more rules differ in terms of their …
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This paper studies fictitious play in networks of noncooperative two-person games. We show that continuous … functions do not possess the continuous-time fictitious-play property. As extensions, we consider networks in which each … zero-sum networks. Applications include security games, conflict networks, and decentralized wireless channel selection. …
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This paper studies fictitious play in networks of noncooperative two-player games. We show that continuous …-play property. As an extension, we consider networks in which each bilateral game is strategically zero-sum, a weighted potential …, which entails a generalization of Robinson's theorem to arbitrary zero-sum networks. Applications include security games …
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complementarity in actions, efficiency can be either associated to more sparse or denser networks, depending on the size of the …
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The paper discusses community enforcement in infinitely repeated, two-action games with local interaction and uncertain monitoring. Each player interacts with and observes only a fixed set of opponents, of whom he is privately informed. The main result shows that when beliefs about the...
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into account the potential externalities networks produce. Once social ties are in place, these externalities shape the … norms are easily sustained in symmetric networks. By contrast, when an efficient interaction requires players to play …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257046