Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/32669 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Papers on Economics and Evolution No. 0916
Publisher: 
Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena
Abstract: 
We present two new notions of evolutionary stability, the truly evolutionarily stable state (TESS) and the generalized evolutionarily stable equilibrium (GESE). The GESE generalizes the evolutionarily stable equilibrium (ESE) of Joosten [1996]. An ESE attracts all nearby trajectories monotonically, i.e., the Euclidean distance decreasing steadily in time. For a GESE this property should holds for at least one metric. The TESS generalizes the evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS) of Maynard Smith & Price [1973]. A TESS attracts nearby trajectories too, but the behavior of the dynamics nearby must be similar to the behavior of the replicator dynamics near an ESS. Both notions are defned on the dynamics and immediately imply asymptotical stability for the dynamics at hand, i.e., the equilibrium attracts all trajectories sufficiently nearby. We consider this the relevant and conceptually right approach in defining evolutionary equilibria, rather than defining a static equilibrium notion and search for appropriate dynamics guaranteeing its dynamic stability. Moreover, the GESE and the TESS take similar positions as the ESE and ESE do in relation to other equilibrium and fixed point concepts in general.
Subjects: 
evolutionary stability
evolutionary game theory
JEL: 
A12
C62
C72
C73
D83
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
294.42 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.