Economic natural selection in Bertrand and Cournot settings

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-224

  Hehenkamp, Burkhard ^a   Qin, Cheng Zhong ^b   Stuart, Charles ^b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bertrand equilibrium; Cournot equilibrium; Evolutionary games; Natural selection; Oligopoly

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033239541     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001910050081     Document Type: Article

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