Separating and pooling equilibria in Akerlof model Player 1 first observes the quality (q) of the in
Separating and pooling equilibria in Akerlof model
Player 1 first observes the quality (q) of the indivisible
good he owns
before proposing a price (p) at which he will sell the good
to Player 2,
who responds to the offer by either accepting or rejecting Trade
takes
place at a price of p if Player 2 accepts; otherwise no
trade takes place
Player 1’s payoff equals the revenue (p or 0) he receives,
irrespective of
quality; Player 2’s payoff equals q − p if trade
takes place, and otherwise
equals 0 Quality can take two values, L and H, where H >
L > 0, and is
equally likely to take each value Describe all separating
and all pooling
equilibria of this game

