Two are few and four are many: Number effects in experimental oligopolies

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 435-446

  Huck, Steffen ^a   Normann, Hans Theo ^b   Oechssler, Jörg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collusion; Cournot oligopoly; Experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348198214     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2002.10.002     Document Type: Article

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