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Attack and interception in networks

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This paper studies a game of attack and interception in a network, where a single attacker chooses a target and a path, and each node chooses a level of protection. We show that the Nash equilibrium of the game exists and is unique. We characterize equilibrium attack paths and attack distributions as a function of the underlying network and target values. We show that adding a link or increasing the value of a target may harm the attacker - a comparative statics effect which is reminiscent of Braess’s paradox in transportation economics. Finally, we contrast the Nash equilibrium with the equilibrium of a variant of the model: one where all nodes cooperate in interception.

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halshs-03954188 , version 1 (24-01-2023)

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Francis Bloch, Kalyan Chatterjee, Bhaskar Dutta. Attack and interception in networks. Theoretical Economics, 2023, 18 (4), pp.1511-1546. ⟨10.3982/TE5122⟩. ⟨halshs-03954188⟩
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