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Imperfect recall and the relationships between solution concepts in extensive games

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In a game of imperfect recall, a sequential equilibrium may not be a Nash equilibrium, and a perfect equilibrium may not be a sequential equilibrium. Sufficiency conditions weaker than perfect recall are given to ensure the standard relationships hold between perfect equilibrium, sequential equilibrium and Nash equilibrium.

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Correspondence to Jeffrey Jude Kline.

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Received: 22 October 2003, Revised: 18 November 2003,

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Kline, J.J. Imperfect recall and the relationships between solution concepts in extensive games. Economic Theory 25, 703–710 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-003-0454-4

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