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First World Congress of the Game Theory Society (Games 2000)
July 24-28, 2000
Basque Country University and Fundacion B.B.V.
Bilbao, Spain

Organizers
Ehud Kalai, Federico Valenciano

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How many veiled women can we expect in Cairo? Characterization of equilibria in large anonymous games
by
Matthias Blonski
University of Mannheim, Germany

Islamic fundamentalists and their secular opponents recognize that the decision of women to cover their head in public generates social pressures to conform on those wishing to remain unveiled. This article identifies the essence of social coordination problems generated by this type of externalities in terms of large anonymous games. The main result is a general characterization result that reveals the structure of equilibria. In particular, various levels of veiling can be interpreted as different equilibria of the same anonymous game.

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Date received: April 27, 2000

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