General Markovian randomized equilibrium existence and construction in zero-sum Dynkin games for diffusions

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Main Authors: Christensen, Sören, Lindensjö, Kristoffer
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author Christensen, Sören
Lindensjö, Kristoffer
author_facet Christensen, Sören
Lindensjö, Kristoffer
contents One of the most classical games for stochastic processes is the zero-sum Dynkin (stopping) game. We present a complete equilibrium solution to a general formulation of this game with an underlying one-dimensional diffusion. A key result is the construction of a characterizable global $ε$-Nash equilibrium in Markovian randomized stopping times for every $ε> 0$. This is achieved by leveraging the well-known equilibrium structure under a restrictive ordering condition on the payoff functions, leading to a novel approach based on an appropriate notion of randomization that allows for solving the general game without any ordering condition. Additionally, we provide conditions for the existence of pure and randomized Nash equilibria (with $ε=0$). Our results enable explicit identification of equilibrium stopping times and their corresponding values in many cases, illustrated by several examples.
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spellingShingle General Markovian randomized equilibrium existence and construction in zero-sum Dynkin games for diffusions
Christensen, Sören
Lindensjö, Kristoffer
Probability
Optimization and Control
91A55, 60G40, 91A15
One of the most classical games for stochastic processes is the zero-sum Dynkin (stopping) game. We present a complete equilibrium solution to a general formulation of this game with an underlying one-dimensional diffusion. A key result is the construction of a characterizable global $ε$-Nash equilibrium in Markovian randomized stopping times for every $ε> 0$. This is achieved by leveraging the well-known equilibrium structure under a restrictive ordering condition on the payoff functions, leading to a novel approach based on an appropriate notion of randomization that allows for solving the general game without any ordering condition. Additionally, we provide conditions for the existence of pure and randomized Nash equilibria (with $ε=0$). Our results enable explicit identification of equilibrium stopping times and their corresponding values in many cases, illustrated by several examples.
title General Markovian randomized equilibrium existence and construction in zero-sum Dynkin games for diffusions
topic Probability
Optimization and Control
91A55, 60G40, 91A15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.09087