Improving Nash by Correlation in Quadratic Potential Games∗
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We consider a class of quadratic potential games and prove that (simple symmetric) coarse correlated equilibria (as introduced by Moulin and Vial 1978) can strictly improve upon the Nash equilibrium payoffs (that can not be improved upon by correlated equilibrium a la Aumann). We fully characterise the structure of the coarse correlated equilibrium that achieves the maximum improvement possible in this class of games and apply our characterising result to a few specific economic models including duopoly and public goods.
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