Optimal switching from competition to cooperation: a preliminary exploration
Book section: In this paper, we tackle a generic optimal regime switching problem where the decision-making process is not the same from one regime to another. Precisely, we consider a simple model of optimal switching from competition to cooperation. To this end, we solve a two-stage optimal control problem. In the first stage, two players engage in a dynamic game with a common state variable and one control for each player. We solve for open-loop strategies with a linear state equation and linear-quadratic payoffs. More importantly, the players may also consider the possibility to switch at finite time to a cooperative regime with the associated joint optimization of the sum of the individual payoffs. Using theoretical analysis and numerical exercises, we study the optimal switching strategy from competition to cooperation. We also discuss reverse switching.
Author(s)
Raouf Boucekkine, Carmen Camacho, Benteng Zou
Publisher(s)
- Springer International Publishing
Scientific editor(s)
- V. Veliov
- J. Haunschmied
- R. Kovacevic
- W. Semmler
Collection
- Dynamic Modeling and Econometrics in Economics and Finance
Title of the work
- Dynamic Economic Problems with Regime Switches
Date of publication
- 2021
Keywords
- Cooperation
- Competition
- Dynamic games
- Multi-stage optimal control
Pages
- 209-225
URL of the HAL notice
Version
- 1