Anything goes with heterogeneous, but not always with homogeneous oligopoly

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 183-203

  Furth, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(In)Stability; (Limit)Cycles; Cournot oligopoly; Morse theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949103265     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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