Horizon-K Farsightedness in Criminal Networks

P. Jean-Jacques Herings, A. Mauleon, V. Vannetelbosch

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Abstract

We study the criminal networks that will emerge in the long run when criminals are neither myopic nor completely farsighted but have some limited degree of farsightedness. We adopt the horizon-K farsighted set of Herings, Mauleon and Vannetelbosch (2019) to answer this question. We find that in criminal networks with n criminals, the set consisting of the complete network
is a horizon-K farsighted set whenever the degree of farsightedness of the criminals is larger than or equal to (n 1). Moreover, the complete network is the unique horizon-(n 1) farsighted set. Hence, the predictions obtained in case of completely farsighted criminals still hold when criminals are much
less farsighted.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherUniversité Catholique de Louvain
Pages1-19
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Publication series

SeriesLIDAM Discussion Paper CORE
Number4
Volume2021

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