Bobtcheff, Catherine and Mariotti, Thomas (2010) Potential Competition in Preemption Games. TSE Working Paper, n. 10-140, Toulouse

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Abstract

We consider a preemption game with two potential competitors who come into play at some random secret times. The presence of a competitor is revealed to a player only when the former moves, which terminates the game. We show that all perfect Bayesian equilibria give rise to the same distribution of players' moving times. Moreover, there exists a unique perfect Bayesian equilibrium in which each player's behavior from any time on is independent of the date at which she came into play. We find that competitive pressure is nonmonotonic over time, and that private information tends to alleviate rent dissipation. Our results have a natural interpretation in terms of eroding reputations.

Item Type: Monograph (Working Paper)
Language: English
Date: January 2010
Place of Publication: Toulouse
JEL Classification: C73 - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games; Repeated Games
D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information
Subjects: B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE
Divisions: TSE-R (Toulouse)
Institution: Université Toulouse 1 Capitole
Site: UT1
Date Deposited: 18 Jan 2012 05:59
Last Modified: 02 Apr 2021 15:36
OAI Identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:22000
URI: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/3183

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