How risk disciplines pre-commitment

Theory and Decision

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-226

  Caron, Christophe ^a   Lafay, Thierry ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Cournot competition; Information value; Market risk; Preemption; Stackelberg

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM VARIABLES; RISKS;

COURNOT COMPETITION; INFORMATION VALUE; MARKET RISK; PREEMPTION; STACKELBERG;

MARKETING;

EID: 54849417696     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-007-9085-8     Document Type: Article

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