Markov Perfect Nash Equilibria: Some Considerations on Economic Models, Dynamical Systems and Statistical Mechanic

Series
CDSNS Colloquium
Time
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 11:00am for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 169
Speaker
Federico Bonetto – Georgia Tech
Organizer
Chongchun Zeng
Modern Economic Theory is largely based on the concept of Nash Equilibrium. In its simplest form this is an essentially statics notion. I'll introduce a simple model for the use of money (Kiotaki and Wright, JPE 1989) and use it to introduce a more general (dynamic) concept of Nash Equilibrium and my understanding of its relation to Dynamical Systems Theory and Statistical Mechanics.