On the efficiency of price competition

Operations Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 414-418

  Farahat, Amr ^a   Perakis, Georgia ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bertrand competition; Differentiated products; Linear demand; Oligopoly competition; Price of anarchy

Indexed keywords

BERTRAND COMPETITION; DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCTS; LINEAR DEMAND; OLIGOPOLY COMPETITION; PRICE OF ANARCHY;

COSTS; PROFITABILITY;

COMPETITION;

EID: 80855144191     PISSN: 01676377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orl.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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