Sampling equilibrium, with an application to strategic voting

Martin J. Osborne, Ariel Rubinstein

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    Abstract

    We suggest an equilibrium concept for a strategic model with a large number of players in which each player observes the actions of only a small number of the other players. The concept fits well situations in which each player treats his sample as a prediction of the distribution of actions in the entire population, and responds optimally to this prediction. We apply the concept to a strategic voting model and investigate the conditions under which a centrist candidate can win the popular vote although his strength in the population is smaller than the strengths of the right and left candidates.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)434-441
    Number of pages8
    JournalGames and Economic Behavior
    Volume45
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Nov 2003

    Keywords

    • Bounded rationality
    • Sampling equilibrium
    • Strategic voting

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Finance
    • Economics and Econometrics

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