@article {Jude:2002:0899-8256:278, author = "Jude Kline J.", title = "Minimum Memory for Equivalence between Ex Ante Optimality and Time-Consistency", journal = "Games and Economic Behavior", volume = "38", number = "2", year = "2002", abstract = "

I give a necessary and sufficient condition on memory of a player in an extensive game for equivalence between ex ante optimality and time-consistency (for all payoff assignments). The condition is called A-loss recall and requires that each loss of a player's memory can be traced back to some loss of memory of his own action. A-loss recall is also shown to be a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a time-consistent strategy (for all payoff assignments) if the player is conscious-minded. Journal of Economic Literature Classification Numbers: C72, D80. Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science.

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