Are there non-dictatorial outcome functions (game forms) such that (1) for every preference profile there exists a Nash equilibrium, and (2) for every profile, every Nash equilibrium outcome is Pareto optimal? For more than two persons, if indifferences are ruled out or if only "weak" Pareto optimality is required, the answer is shown to be in the affirmative. For two persons it is in the negative. Among other questions explored are voting system interpretations and symmetry properties of outcome functions.
MLA
Schmeidler, David, and Leonid Hurwicz. “Construction of Outcome Functions Guaranteeing Existence and Pareto Optimality of Nash Equilibria.” Econometrica, vol. 46, .no 6, Econometric Society, 1978, pp. 1447-1474, https://www.jstor.org/stable/1913838
Chicago
Schmeidler, David, and Leonid Hurwicz. “Construction of Outcome Functions Guaranteeing Existence and Pareto Optimality of Nash Equilibria.” Econometrica, 46, .no 6, (Econometric Society: 1978), 1447-1474. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1913838
APA
Schmeidler, D., & Hurwicz, L. (1978). Construction of Outcome Functions Guaranteeing Existence and Pareto Optimality of Nash Equilibria. Econometrica, 46(6), 1447-1474. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1913838
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