[fre] Entendu dans un sens un large, l'héritage de Cournot pour les économistes consiste (i) en ce qu'il a montré comment utiliser de manire générale les mathématiques pour développer des théories économiques, au lieu d'avoir recours des exemples reposant sur des formes fonctionnelles...

This paper contrasts consumer choice under uncertain lifetimes with the behavior that would arise if each individual's lifetime were announced at birth. In a model that includes life insurance and excludes investments in human capital, the expected utility under uncertain lifetimes exceeds that...

A very general model with which many theories of oligopolistic behavior might be tested would be a useful tool for economists. In the first part of this paper a model is proposed for this role. The model is not developed in the fullest degree of generality, but is presented in the way most...

This article analyzes advertising in an n-firm infinite horizon, differentiated products oligopoly. The firms all choose output and advertising levels in each period, and are assumed to behave noncooperatively. Advertising is characterized in a manner similar to capital: the effects of money...