An oligopoly model to analyze the market and social welfare for green manufacturing industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 94-103

  Hu, Guiping ^a   Wang, Lizhi ^a   Chen, Yihsu ^b   Bidanda, Bopaya ^c  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Game theory; Market competition; Oligopoly model; Social welfare; Sustainable manufacturing; Tax and subsidy

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; GAME THEORY; INCANDESCENT LAMPS; PRODUCT DESIGN; TAXATION;

MARKET COMPETITION; OLIGOPOLY MODELS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING; TAX AND SUBSIDY;

GREEN MANUFACTURING;

EID: 84922444035     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.01.016     Document Type: Article

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