Markov perfect industry dynamics with many firms

Econometrica

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1375-1411

  Weintraub, Gabriel Y ^a   Benkard, C Lanier ^b   Van Roy, Benjamin ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximation; Dynamic games; Imperfect competition; Industrial organization; Oblivious equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349169498     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA6158     Document Type: Article

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