A dynamic model of equilibrium selection in signaling markets

成果类型:
Article
署名作者:
Noldeke, G; Samuelson, L
署名单位:
University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
刊物名称:
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY
ISSN/ISSBN:
0022-0531
DOI:
10.1006/jeth.1996.2239
发表日期:
1997
页码:
118-156
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摘要:
In his work on signaling, Spence proposed a dynamic model of a market in which a buyer revises prices in light of experience and in which sellers. with private information about their types, choose utility-maximizing signals given these prices. We follow Spence's suggestion of introducing perturbations into the resulting dynamic process. In a broad class of markets, our model selects a separating equilibrium outcome if and only if the equilibrium outcome satisfies a version of the undefeated equilibrium concept, whereas a pooling equilibrium outcome is selected if and only if the equilibrium outcome is both undefeated and satisfies D1. (C) 1997 Academic Press.