Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/59458 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2008-08
Publisher: 
Rutgers University, Department of Economics, New Brunswick, NJ
Abstract: 
We apply farsighted stable set to two versions of Hotelling's location games: one with linear market and another with circular market. It is shown that there always exists a farsighted stable set in both games. In particular, the set of all location profiles that yields equal payoff across all players is shown to be a farsighted stable set. This stable set contains location profiles that reflect minimum differentiation as well as those profiles that reflect local monopoly. These results are in contrast to those obtained by equilibrium analysis. While the stable set uniquely exists when the number of players is 2, the uniqueness is not guaranteed when n>=2. In particular, we exhibit multiple stable sets in three person location games. We provide possible interpretations of these farsighted stable sets from the viewpoint of players' bargaining power and coalition.
Subjects: 
farsighted stable set
indirect dominance
hotelling location game
strategic form game with no-Nash equilibrium
coalition formation
JEL: 
C71
C72
L13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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