Mixed Markov-Perfect Equilibria in the Continuous-Time War of Attrition

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Auteurs principaux: Décamps, Jean-Paul, Gensbittel, Fabien, Mariotti, Thomas
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author Décamps, Jean-Paul
Gensbittel, Fabien
Mariotti, Thomas
author_facet Décamps, Jean-Paul
Gensbittel, Fabien
Mariotti, Thomas
contents We prove the existence of a Markov-perfect equilibrium in randomized stopping times for a model of the war of attrition in which the underlying state variable follows a homogenous linear diffusion. The proof uses the fact that the space of Markovian randomized stopping times can be topologized as a compact absolute retract, which in turn enables us to use a powerful fixed-point theorem by Eilenberg and Montgomery. We illustrate our results with an example of a war of attrition that admits a mixed-strategy Markov-perfect equilibrium but no pure-strategy Markov-perfect equilibrium.
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spellingShingle Mixed Markov-Perfect Equilibria in the Continuous-Time War of Attrition
Décamps, Jean-Paul
Gensbittel, Fabien
Mariotti, Thomas
Optimization and Control
We prove the existence of a Markov-perfect equilibrium in randomized stopping times for a model of the war of attrition in which the underlying state variable follows a homogenous linear diffusion. The proof uses the fact that the space of Markovian randomized stopping times can be topologized as a compact absolute retract, which in turn enables us to use a powerful fixed-point theorem by Eilenberg and Montgomery. We illustrate our results with an example of a war of attrition that admits a mixed-strategy Markov-perfect equilibrium but no pure-strategy Markov-perfect equilibrium.
title Mixed Markov-Perfect Equilibria in the Continuous-Time War of Attrition
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.04878