An Evolutionary Model of Bertrand Oligopoly

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-19

  Alós Ferrer, Carlos ^a   Ania, Ana B ^a   Schenk Hoppé, Klaus Reiner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Evolution; mutation; imitation; bertrand oligopoly

Indexed keywords

EID: 17944393169     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/game.1999.0765     Document Type: Article

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