Allowing for two production periods in the Cournot duopoly: Experimental evidence

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 100-111

  Müller, Wieland ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cournot duopoly; Experiments; Flexibility; Stackelberg

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645881326     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2004.06.025     Document Type: Article

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