The price normalization problem in imperfect competition and the objective of the firm

Economic Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 257-284

  Dierker, Egbert ^a   Grodal, Birgit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Firms' objectives; Imperfect competition; Oligopoly; Profits and shareholders' demand; Real wealth maximization; The price normalization problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033430738     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001990050293     Document Type: Article

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