Conference announcement: 30 Years of Game Theory at Institut Henri Poincaré, October 06-10, 2025, Paris.
The Séminaire parisien de Théorie des Jeux is an open, inter-institutional, multi-disciplined seminar which covers all fields of game theory. It takes place on Monday from 11:00 to 12:00 am at Institut Henri Poincaré, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 5ème. MAP
You will find the program for the current academic year on the page 2025/2026 and the program for past years on the page Archives.
The junior seminar welcomes PhD students in game theory to present their work. You will find the program for the current academic year on the page Junior Seminar 2025/2026.
March 23, 2026 (room Maryam Mirzakhani):
Thomas MARIOTTI (TSE)
Title: "The War of Attrition under Uncertainty: Theory and Robust Testable Implications" (avec Jean-Paul Décamps et Fabien Gensbittel).
Abstract : "We study a symmetric-information war of attrition in which the players’ rewards depend on exogenous market conditions evolving as a homogeneous linear diffusion process. Using that a Markovian strategy can be represented by a stopping region along with an intensity measure of stopping, we fully characterize mixed-strategy Markov-perfect equilibria through a variational system for the players’ value functions. When players are asymmetric, in any such equilibrium each player randomizes at a discrete set of thresholds for market conditions. As a result, players may alternatively find themselves in a position of strength or weakness on the equilibrium path. Delayed concessions occur because a player currently in a position of weakness can hope for market conditions to eventually turn in his favor. In the standard duopoly model of exit under uncertainty, the firms’ stock prices and their return volatilities comove negatively over the attrition region and exhibit patterns documented by technical analysis."
Frédéric Koessler (CNRS, HEC Paris), frederic.koessler[at]gmail[dot]com
Maël Letreust (CNRS, IRISA Rennes), mael.le-treust[at]cnrs[dot]fr
Chantal Marlats (LEMMA, Université Paris Panthéon-Assas), chantal.marlats[at]u-paris2[dot]fr
Yannick Viossat (CEREMADE, PSL), viossat[at]ceremade[dot]dauphine[dot]fr
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