Sluggish consumers: An evolutionary solution to the Bertrand paradox

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 44-76

  Hehenkamp, Burkhard ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bertrand paradox; Consumer search; Evolution; Imitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036331305     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/game.2001.0902     Document Type: Article

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