Cournot tatonnement in aggregative games with monotone best responses

Kukushkin, Nikolai S. (2015): Cournot tatonnement in aggregative games with monotone best responses.

Abstract

This paper establishes the acyclicity of Cournot tatonnement in a strategic game with aggregation and monotone best responses, under the broadest assumptions on aggregation rules allowing the Huang-Dubey-Haimanko-Zapechelnyuk-Jensen trick to work and with minimal topological restrictions.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Cournot tatonnement; Cournot potential; aggregative game; monotone best responses
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C7 - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory > C72 - Noncooperative Games

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