Equilibrium in Functional Stochastic Games with Mean-Field Interaction

Eduardo Abi Jaber, Eyal Neuman and Moritz Vo{\ss}

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Abstract: We consider a general class of finite-player stochastic games with mean-field interaction, in which the linear-quadratic cost functional includes linear operators acting on controls in $L^2$. We propose a novel approach for deriving the Nash equilibrium of the game semi-explicitly in terms of operator resolvents, by reducing the associated first order conditions to a system of stochastic Fredholm equations of the second kind and deriving their solution in semi-explicit form. Furthermore, by proving stability results for the system of stochastic Fredholm equations, we derive the convergence of the equilibrium of the $N$-player game to the corresponding mean-field equilibrium. As a by-product, we also derive an $\varepsilon$-Nash equilibrium for the mean-field game, which is valuable in this setting as we show that the conditions for existence of an equilibrium in the mean-field limit are less restrictive than in the finite-player game. Finally, we apply our general framework to solve various examples, such as stochastic Volterra linear-quadratic games, models of systemic risk and advertising with delay, and optimal liquidation games with transient price impact.

Date: 2023-06, Revised 2024-02
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