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In this paper, we study the time consistency of cooperative agreements in dynamic games with non-transferable utility. An agreement designed at the outset of a game is time-consistent (or sustainable) if it remains in place for the entire duration of the game, that is, if the players would not benefit from switching to their non-cooperative strategies. The literature has highlighted that, since side payments are not allowed, the design of such an agreement is very challenging. To address this issue, we introduce different notions for the temporal stability of an agreement and determine endogenously the duration of the agreement. We illustrate our general results with a linear-quadratic difference game and show that an agreement’s duration can be easily assessed using the problem data. We also study the effect of information structure on the endogenous duration of the agreement. We illustrate our results with a numerical example.

Язык оригиналаанглийский
Номер статьи3
Страницы (с-по)808-836
Число страниц29
ЖурналJournal of Optimization Theory and Applications
Том195
Номер выпуска3
Дата раннего онлайн-доступа17 сен 2022
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СостояниеОпубликовано - дек 2022

    Предметные области Scopus

  • Теория управления и исследование операций
  • Теория оптимизации
  • Прикладная математика

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