This paper presents a bi-level game model for pricing in a supply chain where the manufacturer (He) is the leader, and the retailer (She) is the follower. The leader decides on the wholesale price, and the follower decides on the selling price and selects seed nodes. The main idea of the model...

This paper presents a bi-level game model for pricing in a supply chain where the manufacturer (He) is the leader, and the retailer (She) is the follower. The leader decides on the wholesale price, and the follower decides on the selling price and selects seed nodes. The main idea of the model...

Until 2012, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) used its policy rate to stabilise the rial's exchange rate and, given a persistent current-account surplus, had accumulated sizeable currency reserves. In 2012, however, international sanctions against Iran intensified and the value of the rial halved...