The equilibrium properties of obvious strategy profiles in games with many players

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Autore principale: Xu, Enxian Chen Bin Wu Hanping
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author Xu, Enxian Chen Bin Wu Hanping
author_facet Xu, Enxian Chen Bin Wu Hanping
contents This paper studies the equilibrium properties of the ``obvious strategy profile'' in large finite-player games. Each player in such a strategy profile simply adopts a randomized strategy as she would have used in a symmetric equilibrium of an idealized large game. We show that, under a continuity assumption, (i) obvious strategy profiles constitute a convergent sequence of approximate symmetric equilibria as the number of players tends to infinity, and (ii) realizations of such strategy profiles also form a convergent sequence of (pure strategy) approximate equilibria with probability approaching one. Our findings offer a solution that is easily implemented without coordination issues and is asymptotically optimal for players in large finite games. Additionally, we present a convergence result for approximate symmetric equilibria.
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spellingShingle The equilibrium properties of obvious strategy profiles in games with many players
Xu, Enxian Chen Bin Wu Hanping
Theoretical Economics
Computer Science and Game Theory
This paper studies the equilibrium properties of the ``obvious strategy profile'' in large finite-player games. Each player in such a strategy profile simply adopts a randomized strategy as she would have used in a symmetric equilibrium of an idealized large game. We show that, under a continuity assumption, (i) obvious strategy profiles constitute a convergent sequence of approximate symmetric equilibria as the number of players tends to infinity, and (ii) realizations of such strategy profiles also form a convergent sequence of (pure strategy) approximate equilibria with probability approaching one. Our findings offer a solution that is easily implemented without coordination issues and is asymptotically optimal for players in large finite games. Additionally, we present a convergence result for approximate symmetric equilibria.
title The equilibrium properties of obvious strategy profiles in games with many players
topic Theoretical Economics
Computer Science and Game Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.22144