Common knowledge and limit knowledge

Christian Bach and Jérémie Cabessa ()

Theory and Decision, 2012, vol. 73, issue 3, 423-440

Abstract: We study the relationship between common knowledge and the sequence of iterated mutual knowledge from a topological point of view. It is shown that common knowledge is not equivalent to the limit of the sequence of iterated mutual knowledge. On that account the new epistemic operator limit knowledge is introduced and analyzed in the context of games. Indeed, an example is constructed where the behavioral implications of limit knowledge of rationality strictly refine those of common knowledge of rationality. More generally, it is then shown that limit knowledge of rationality is capable of characterizing any solution concept for some appropriate epistemic-topological conditions. Finally, some perspectives of a topologically enriched epistemic framework for games are discussed. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 2012

Keywords: Aumann structures; Common knowledge; Epistemic game theory; Interactive epistemology; Limit knowledge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/s11238-011-9257-4

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