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Good Faith and Game Theory

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This article shows how game theory can be applied to model good faith mathematically using an example of a classic legal dispute related to rei vindicato. The issue is whether an owner has a legal right to his good if a person has bought it in good faith by using updated probabilities. The article illustrates that a rule of where good faith is irrelevant Pareto dominates a rule where good faith may protect an innocent buyer.

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  1. Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Caspar Rose

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  1. Montpellier, France

    Alain Marciano

  2. Dept DiGSPES, Univ del Piemonte Orientale Dept DiGSPES, Alessandria, Italy

    Giovanni Battista Ramello

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Rose, C. (2016). Good Faith and Game Theory. In: Marciano, A., Ramello, G. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_52-1

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