Supermodality and tipping
By: Geoffrey Heal, Howard Kunreuther
Contributors: Howard, Kunreuther; National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 12281; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 12281.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Description: "We model tipping as a game-theoretic phenomenon and investigate the connection between supermodular games, tipping of equilibria and cascading, and apply the results to issues that arise in the context of homeland security and computer security.  We show that tipping and cascading can occur in supermodular games and that "increasing differences"is a sufficient condition for tipping.  Supermodularity and tipping of equilibria are closely related.  We relate our results to Schelling's early work on tipping"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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