Article ID: | iaor20031570 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 114 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 39 |
End Page Number: | 56 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2002 |
Journal: | Annals of Operations Research |
Authors: | Amir Rabah |
We consider discounted stochastic games characterized by monotonicity, supermodularity and diagonal dominance assumptions on the reward functions and the transition law. A thorough novel discussion of the scope and limitations of this class of games is provided. Existence of a Markov-stationary equilibrium for the infinite-horizon game, proved by Curtat, is summarized. Uniqueness of Markov equilibrium and dominance solvability of the finite-horizon game are established. In both cases, the equilibrium strategies and the corresponding value functions are nondecreasing Liptschitz-continuous functions of the state vector. Some specific economic applications are discussed.