Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/62817 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 621
Publisher: 
Queen Mary University of London, Department of Economics, London
Abstract: 
Considering a pure coordination game with a large number of equivalent equilibria, we argue, first, that a focal point that is itself not a Nash equilibrium and is Pareto dominated by all Nash equilibria, may attract the players' choices. Second, we argue that such a non-equilibrium focal point may act as an equilibrium selection device that the players use to coordinate on a closely related small subset of Nash equilibria. We present theoretical as well as experimental support for these two new roles of focal points as coordination devices.
Subjects: 
Coordination game
Focal point
Nash equilibrium
Equilibrium selection
Coordination device
JEL: 
C72
C91
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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