THE POWER OF KNOWLEDGE IN GAMES

Rohit Parikh (), Çağil Taşdemi̇r () and Andreas Witzel ()
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Rohit Parikh: Doctoral Program in Computer Science, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA;
Çağil Taşdemi̇r: Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10016, USA
Andreas Witzel: Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 251 Mercer Street New York, NY 10012, USA

International Game Theory Review (IGTR), 2013, vol. 15, issue 04, 1-28

Abstract: We propose a theory of the interaction between knowledge and games. Epistemic game theory is of course a well-developed subject but there is also a need for a theory of how some agents canaffectthe outcome of a game by affecting the knowledge which other agents have and thereby affecting their actions. We concentrate on games of incomplete or imperfect information, and study how conservative, moderate, or aggressive players might play such games. We provide models for the behavior of a knowledge manipulator who seeks to manipulate the knowledge states of active players in order to affect their moves and to maximize her own payoff even while she herself remains inactive, except for influencing the states of knowledge of the other players.

Keywords: Knowledge; games; manipulation; 91A28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B4 C0 C6 C7 D5 D7 M2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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