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Computing equilibria of Cournot oligopoly models with mixed-integer quantities [PDF]
, 2017 We consider Cournot oligopoly models in which some variables represent indivisible quantities. These models can be addressed by computing equilibria of Nash equilibrium problems in which the players solve mixed-integer nonlinear problems.
Sagratella, Simone
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The Optimal Bribe: Price Versus Quantity Competition in Oligopolies
The Manchester School, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze an entry deterrence model between an incumbent firm and a potential entrant, where the incumbent strategically offers bribes to local officials to raise entry barriers. Our focus is a three‐stage Bertrand game under incomplete information in a differentiated goods market.
Vishavdeep Sharma +1 more
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Cross‐Ownership and Endogenous R&D Risk in Cournot Triopoly
The Manchester School, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine how cross‐ownership influences firms' endogenous R&D risk‐taking in a Cournot triopoly, where two “insider” firms hold passive equity stakes in each other, and a third firm remains unaffiliated. Firms invest in stochastic R&D that lowers marginal costs and choose their risk level—measured by outcome variance—prior to quantity ...
Mingqing Xing, Ally Quan Zhang
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State-Owned Enterprise, Mixed Oligopoly and Entry [PDF]
We analyse state-owned enterprise (SOE) behaviour under pure and mixed oligopoly. An industry comprising at least two SOEs is shown not to have a symmetric stable equilibrium. This suggests the need for planning in such industries.
Bennett, John, Manfredi La Manna
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Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study considers consumers' environmental awareness of polluting firms' managerial delegation contracts and compares the effects of committed and time‐consistent emission tax policies. It reveals that when environmental performance (EP) incentives prevail, sales performance (SP) incentives depend on the emission tax type and competition ...
Lili Xu, Yuntong Yin, Sang‐Ho Lee
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Bertrand-Edgeworth games under oligopoly with a complete characterization for the triopoly [PDF]
The paper extends the analysis of price competition among capacity-constrained sellers beyond the cases of duopoly and symmetric oligopoly. We first provide some general results for the oligopoly and then focus on the triopoly, providing a complete ...
De Francesco, Massimo A. +1 more
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Price and quality competition [PDF]
, 2009 This study considers an oligopoly model with simultaneous price and quality choice. Exante homogeneous sellers compete by offering products at one of two quality levels.
Chioveanu, I.
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Blockchain for the Arts and Humanities
Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.ABSTRACT As born‐digital cultural materials proliferate, the arts and humanities require infrastructures that guarantee provenance, authenticity, and equitable access. This paper delivers a comprehensive, critical survey of blockchain's potential and limits across the sector.
James O'Sullivan
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Trade liberalization and environmental tax in differentiated oligopoly with consumption externalities [PDF]
This paper investigates the environment tax and trade liberalization with different market structures (pure oligopoly or mixed oligopoly) juxtaposing the substitutability of the goods (homogenous goods and differentiated goods), wherein environmental ...
Leonard F.S. Wang +2 more
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 1856-1884, March 2026.ABSTRACT Motivated by the growing attention and concerns surrounding climate change and the potential role of institutional investors' ownership concentration (OC) in reducing corporations' greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, this article explores the relationship between various forms of institutional ownership and firms' GHG emission intensity. To do so,
Daniele Giordino +3 more
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