A comparison of bertrand and cournot profits in oligopolies with differentiated products

Operations Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 507-513

  Farahat, Amr ^a   Perakis, Georgia ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bertrand; Competition; Cournot; Oligopoly

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ARBITRARY NUMBER; BERTRAND; BERTRAND COMPETITION; COST COMPETITIVENESS; COST DIFFERENCES; COURNOT; COURNOT COMPETITION; DEMAND FUNCTION; DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCTS; EQUILIBRIUM PROFITS; NONSYMMETRIC; OLIGOPOLY; QUALITY PARAMETERS; SUBSTITUTABLE PRODUCTS; VARIABLE DEMANDS;

COSTS; FUNCTIONS; INDUSTRY; PROFITABILITY;

COMPETITION;

EID: 79957467709     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1100.0900     Document Type: Article

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