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framework of evolutionary competition between rational, myopic best-response and imitation heuristics with differential … heuristic (Cournot best-response) and the stable one (imitation) and on the intensity of the evolutionary pressure. When this … cost differential is positive (i.e., imitation is relatively cheaper vis a vis Cournot), most firms use this heuristic and …
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agreements - lead to higher prices in a Bertrand oligopoly could be because of a selection effect: decision-makers who are … hypothesis we run an experiment where participants play two consecutive Bertrand pricing games: first a standard version without …
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applying social equilibrium. In an example of a duopoly water market, we argue that the lack of backward induction logic … social equilibrium in duopoly water markets with an upstream-downstream river structure and derive it in the example of a … duopoly market. …
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The standard approach to nominal illusion in Economics sees it as a transitory phenomenon, as economic agents eventually see through the nominal veil, making the right choices. Recent empirical studies suggest that money illusion may persist, distorting real prices in a variety of economic...
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comes from studies of within-group inequality. In an online public goods experiment, we instead examine the effects of …
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We consider a vertically related market where one quantity-setting and another price-setting downstream firm negotiate the terms of a two-part tariff contract with an upstream input supplier. In contrast to the traditional belief, we show that the price-setting firm produces a higher output and...
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This paper examines a homogeneous-good Bertrand-Edgeworth oligopoly model to explore the role of firm size and number … oligopoly prices. …
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This paper considers the collusive stability of downstream competition in a vertical market with network externalities and cost asymmetry. A dynamic collusion game is constructed, and backward induction is employed to solve the subgame perfect Nash equilibrium. We show that larger network...
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The trade-off between the costs and benefits of disclosing a firm's private information has been the object of a vast … literature. The absence of incentives to share information on a common market demand prior to competition has been advocated to … interpret information sharing as evidence of collusion. Recent contributions have looked at bilateral information sharing …
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interprets social responsibility as a means of power to increase firms' market share in a duopoly. Objectives: This paper … analyses the duopoly model in which firms decide on optimal social investments and production in two phases. The basic research …
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