Bayes Correlated Equilibrium and the Comparison of Information Structures in Games
Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1909R
Princeton University William S. Dietrich II Economic Theory Center Research Paper No. 054-2013
41 Pages Posted: 14 May 2014 Last revised: 22 Oct 2014
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The Comparison of Information Structures in Games: Bayes Correlated Equilibrium and Individual Sufficiency
Bayes Correlated Equilibrium and the Comparison of Information Structures in Games
The Comparison of Information Structures in Games: Bayes Correlated Equilibrium and Individual Sufficiency
Date Written: October 19, 2014
Abstract
The set of outcomes that can arise in Bayes Nash equilibria of an incomplete information game where players may have access to additional signals beyond the given information structure is equivalent to the set of a version of incomplete information correlated equilibrium which we dub Bayes correlated equilibrium.
A game of incomplete information can be decomposed into a basic game, given by actions sets and payoff functions, and an information structure. We identify a partial order on many player information structures (individual sufficiency) under which more information shrinks the set of Bayes correlated equilibria.
Keywords: Correlated equilibrium, incomplete information, robust predictions, information structure, sufficiency, Blackwell ordering
JEL Classification: C72, D82, D83
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