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Nash equilibria for non-binary choice rules. (English) Zbl 1109.91303

Summary: We prove the existence of equilibria in games with players who employ abstract (non-binary) choice rules. This framework goes beyond the standard, transitive model and encompasses games where players have non-transitive preferences (e.g., skew-symmetric bilinear preferences).

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91A10 Noncooperative games

Keywords:

SSB preferences
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