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This Paper characterises the unique Markov equilibrium in the sequential move, finite horizon pricing duopoly with discounting. Simple, short cycles repeat until the last two periods. For discount factors above 0.75488, there are three-period reaction function cycles and below 0.75488,...
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to successfully establish collusion, consistent with the existing theory of collusion. However, collusion is even more …
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The theory of monotone comparative statics and supermodular games is presented as the appropriate tool to model …
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capacity and lumpy investment/disinvestment. We use our model to answer two questions. First, what economic factors facilitate … investment sunkness, and high depreciation promote preemption races. We also show that low product differentiation and low … investment sunkness promote capacity coordination. Although depreciation removes capacity, it may impede capacity coordination …
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This Paper examines how the investment of financially constrained firms varies with their level of internal funds. We … develop a theoretical model of optimal investment under financial constraints. Our model endogenizes the costs of external … investment is U-shaped. In particular, when a firm’s internal funds are negative and sufficiently low, a further decrease leads …
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This paper studies the diffusion of a new technology that is brought to market while its potential is still uncertain. We consider a dynamic game in which firms improve both a new and a rival old technology while learning about the relative potential of both technologies. We use the model to...
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Flexibility - the ability to react swiftly to others' choices - facilitates collusion by reducing gains from defection before opponents react. Under imperfect monitoring, however, flexibility may also hinder collusion by inducing punishment after too few noisy signals. The combination of these...
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We first estimate a dynamic game for the global automobile industry and then compute a Markov Perfect equilibrium to study the equilibrium relationship between market structure and innovation. The key state variable in the model is the efficiency level of each firm and the market structure is...
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We propose a dynamic model of an oligopoly industry characterized by spatial competition between multi-store retailers. Firms compete in prices and decide where to open or close stores depending on demand conditions and the number of competitors at different locations, and on location-specific...
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With applied work in mind, we define an equilibrium notion for dynamic games with asymmetric information which does not require a specification for players' beliefs about their opponent types. This enables us to define equilibrium conditions which, at least in principal, are testable and can be...
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