This article tests the modell of Brander and lewis under ertrand and Cournot competition.

It is known that the Cournot model of quantity competition has to be inter-preted as the reduced form of a more complex situation, in which firms can commit tocapacity levels prior to setting prices. I show that the optimal strategic debt choice ofcapacity-price competitors depend on the type of...

Um Handlungsempfehlungen zur sachgerechten Ausgestaltung unternehmerischer Finanzierungsentscheidungen herzuleiten, ist es erforderlich, die Funktionen zu identifizieren, die durch unternehmerische Finanzierungsmaßnahmen erfüllt werden können. -- Der Autor analysiert in der vorliegenden...

We consider how the introduction of financial innovations may affect the intensity of productmarket competition. When rival firms issue debt, their product market behavior is driven by strategic con-siderations that are different from the ones in the case of pure equity financing. In particular,...