Competition with congestible networks

Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-176

  Baake, Pio ^a   Mitusch, Kay ^b  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bertrand and Cournot competition; Congestion; Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547341213     PISSN: 09318658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00712-006-0242-2     Document Type: Article

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