Non-credible threats that are made in a Nash equilibrium (that is not subgame perfect) of a sequential game cannot be made in the first stage by the player who begins the game.

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In a Nash equilibrium that is not subgame perfect, non-credible threats cannot be made in the first stage by the player who begins the game because the player would not have the ability to follow through on the threat in the future.

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