Computing Markov-Perfect Nash Equilibria: Numerical Implications of a Dynamic Differentiated Product Model

Ariel Pakes and Paul McGuire

RAND Journal of Economics, 1994, vol. 25, issue 4, 555-589

Abstract: In this article we develop and illustrate a simple algorithm for computing Markov-perfect Nash equilibria. The advantage of the Markov-perfect framework is that it is flexible enough to reproduce important aspects of reality in a variety of market settings. As a result, we hope that our article and (perhaps improved) versions of the associated algorithms will eventually be a part of a tool kit that allows researchers to go back and forth between the implications of economic theory and the characteristics of alternative datasets.

Date: 1994
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