Example 2:
Players: The pair of people
States: The set of states is yy, yn, ny, nn Actions: The set of actions of each player is B, S
Signals: Player 1 receive one of two signals, y1 and n1; her
Conclusion: (B, (B, S)), where the component is the action of player 1 and the other component is the pair of actions of the two types of player 2, is a Nash equilibrium.
2. The action of each type of player 2 is optimal, given the action of player 1.
That is, we treat the two types of player 2 as sepatate players and analyze the situation as a three-player strategic game.
1/2
BS 2/3 B 2,1 0,0
S 0,0 1,2
State y y
2:y2
B
1/3
S
1/2
BS 0,1 2,0 1,0 0,2
1:y1
2/3 B S
1/2
BS 2,0 0,2 0,1 1,0
State y n
1:n1
2:n2
B