A computational model of economies of scale and market share instability

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-83

  Mazzucato, Mariana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Industry life cycle; Market share dynamics; Replicator equations; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002776702     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-349X(97)00037-4     Document Type: Article

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