This paper studies the choice of strategic variables by firms in a symmetric oligopoly in which each firm produces differentiated goods and maximizes its relative profit that is the difference between its profit and the average profit of the other firms. We consider a two stage game such that in...

本論文は、2008 年と2009 年に約2,000 の世帯に対して継続して実施したアンケート調査に基づきながら、家計の公的・民間地震保険に対する選択行動におけるコンテクスト効果を検証している。2008...

The purpose of this paper is to estimate the degree of competition of consumer loan industry in Japan utilizing responses to a questionnaire survey conducted by Japan Consumer Finance Association. Estimating the cost function, we found that the industry is characterized by large scale economies....