Journal article
Cournot Oligopoly and the Theory of Supermodular Games
Games and economic behavior, Vol.15(2), pp.132-148
08/01/1996
DOI: 10.1006/game.1996.0062
Abstract
We reconsider the Cournot oligopoly problem in light of the theory of supermodular games. Invoking the recent ordinal version of this theory proposed by Milgrom and Shannon, we generalize Novshek's existence result, derive the associated uniqueness result, give an extension of a classical existence result under symmetry, and provide conditions making a Cournot oligopoly into a log-supermodular game (with the natural order on the action sets). We also provide extensive and precise insight as to why decreasing best-responses are widely regarded as being “typical” for the Cournot model with production costs. Several illustrative examples are provided.Journal of Economic LiteratureClassification Numbers: C72, L10, L13.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cournot Oligopoly and the Theory of Supermodular Games
- Creators
- Rabah Amir - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Reichpietschufer 50, 10785, Berlin, Germany
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Games and economic behavior, Vol.15(2), pp.132-148
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1006/game.1996.0062
- ISSN
- 0899-8256
- eISSN
- 1090-2473
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/1996
- Academic Unit
- Economics
- Record Identifier
- 9984380523702771
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