Maximum games, dominance solvability, and coordination

Inspired by the model of Kalai and Satterthwaite (1994, in imperfections an d Behavior in Economic Organisations (R. P. Gilles and P. H. M. Ruys, Eds.) , Chap. 2, Amsterdam: Kluwer Academic), I define a class of abstract games, called maximum games, which are dominance-solvable. In the leading subclas s of games of common interest, they are solvable on the unique Pareto-domin ant outcome. Maximum games include, as economic applications, some types of Bertrand games and public good games. Journal of Economic Literature Class ification Number: C72.(C) 2000 Academic Press.