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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01hd76s0090
 Title: The Folk Theorem in Repeated Games with Private Monitoring Authors: Sugaya, Takuo Advisors: Morris, Stephen Contributors: Economics Department Keywords: Folk TheoremPrivate MonitoringRepeated Games Subjects: Economic theory Issue Date: 2012 Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Abstract: We show that the folk theorem generically holds for N-player repeated games with private monitoring if the support of each player's signal distribution is sufficiently large. Neither cheap talk communication nor public randomization is necessary. In Chapter 1, we introduce the model, state the assumptions and the main result, and offer the overview of the proof. In Chapter 2, we show the folk theorem in the two-player prisoners' dilemma, assuming special forms of communication. Given this chapter, we are left to extend the folk theorem to the general two-player game and the general N-player game with N no less than 3 and dispense with the special forms of communication. In Chapter 3, we summarize what new assumptions are sufficient for each extension. In the following chapters, we offer the proof: in Chapters 4 and 5, we extend the result to the general two-player game and the general N-player game, respectively, with the special forms of communication. In Chapters 6 and 7, we dispense with the special forms of communication in the two-player game and N-player game, respectively. URI: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01hd76s0090 Alternate format: The Mudd Manuscript Library retains one bound copy of each dissertation. Search for these copies in the library's main catalog Type of Material: Academic dissertations (Ph.D.) Language: en Appears in Collections: Economics

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