The Cournot-Bertrand profit differential: A reversal result in a differentiated duopoly with wage bargaining

European Economic Review

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 681-696

  López, Mónica Correa ^a   Naylor, Robin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bertrand; Cournot; Differentiated duopoly; Wage bargaining

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE UNION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 16544367503     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(02)00326-4     Document Type: Article

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