Efficiency and surplus bounds in Cournot competition

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 253-264

  Andersen, Simon P ^a   Renault, Régis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UMR 8184   (France)

Author keywords

Cournot equilibrium; Deadweight loss; Market performance; Social surplus analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346317302     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0531(03)00089-9     Document Type: Article

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