A cournot experiment with managers and students: Evidence from Germany and Malaysia

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Waichman, Israel ^a   Requate, Till ^a   Siang, Ch'Ng Kean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Artefactual field experiment; Cournot oligopoly; Managers; Non cooperative behavior; Subject pools

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951997768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2422     Document Type: Article

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