Oligopoly equilibria in nonrenewable resource markets

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 671-702

  Salo, Seppo ^a   Tahvonen, Olli ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Controlled Markov chain; Differential games; Nonrenewable resources; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346488885     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1889(99)00048-2     Document Type: Article

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