The aggregate relation between profits and concentration is consistent with Cournot behavior

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-246

  Gisser, Micha ^a   Sauer, Raymond D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration; Cournot; Oligopoly model; Profits

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; OLIGOPOLOY;

EID: 0034012085     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007817706987     Document Type: Article

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