We study the gains from trade in a model with oligopolistic competition, heterogeneous firms and innovation, and … concentration contributes substantially to the gains from trade, mostly via its stimulating effect on innovation. Sizeable gains …

In a Cournot oligopoly set up with constant marginal cost and linear demand, innovation is rewarding. In this paper we … work with a Cournot oligopoly framework with increasing marginal cost and linear demand and show that innovation may not be … interaction we attempt to capture and explain is the one of technology with the possibility of innovation via the intensity of …

evaluation is also justified in a Cournot-oligopoly with free but costly entry. If input markets are competitive and output per … firm declines with the number of firms (business stealing), there is excessive entry into such oligopoly. If trade unions …

Using a Cournot oligopoly model with an endogenous number of firms and evasion of indirect taxes, this paper shows that …

the literature in industrial economics neglects individuals’ incentives to form cartels. Although oligopoly experiments …

information and sell their output in a homogeneous Cournot-oligopoly. We find that asymmetric information may mitigate or more …