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How Long to Pareto Efficiency? | The Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality

How Long to Pareto Efficiency?

Citation:

Babichenko, Yakov . “How Long To Pareto Efficiency?”. Discussion Papers 2010. Web.

Abstract:

We consider uncoupled dynamics (i.e., dynamics where each player knows only his own payoff function) that reach Pareto efficient and individually rational outcomes. We prove that the number of periods it takes is in the worst case exponential in the number of players.

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