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Horizontal mergers and successive oligopoly [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper considers a successive oligopoly setting in which a set of upstream firms sell output non-exclusively to a group of downstream firms using a linear tariff.
Steffen Ziss
core  

Static and dynamic quantity-setting games: An in-class experiment

open access: yesBusiness: Theory and Practice, 2009
This paper illustrates the results of a case study on teaching economics issues employing an experiment where students were made to play quantity-setting games employing the Stackelberg and Cournot theory of oligopoly.
DomeNico Raguseo
doaj  

Consumers' Environmental Awareness and Firms' Managerial Delegation Contracts Under Emission Tax Policies

open access: yesScottish 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
wiley   +1 more source

Coopetition in a Mixed Oligopoly Market [PDF]

open access: yes
In this study, we aim to investigate the impact of privatization on the degree of cooperation and competition in a mixed oligopoly market. We consider a duopoly market that comprises one semipublic firm and one private firm.
Mahito Okura, Duc-De Ngo
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The Optimal Bribe: Price Versus Quantity Competition in Oligopolies

open access: yesThe Manchester School, Volume 94, Issue 4, Page 378-397, July 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Estrutura de capital e estratégias competitivas

open access: yesCadernos EBAPE.BR
Este artigo apresenta um survey dos estudos que destacam os efeitos das decisões de financiamento na capacidade de concorrência das firmas. São descritos os resultados de modelos teóricos e pesquisas empíricas publicados nas últimas duas décadas ...
Rogério Sobreira   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cross‐Ownership and Endogenous R&D Risk in Cournot Triopoly

open access: yesThe Manchester School, Volume 94, Issue 4, Page 421-437, July 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Governing by Ambiguity: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Platforms in China

open access: yesPolicy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Besides clear policy directives, the unresolved and open‐ended elements in policy communication also create discursive politics. This article argues that ambiguity in policy communication reflects the state's exercise of power within a fractured sociocultural landscape.
Fangyu Qing, Ngai Keung Chan
wiley   +1 more source

Mixed oligopoly with consumer-friendly public firms

open access: yes
We consider a mixed oligopoly with a public firm that maximizes the sum of its own profits and consumers' surplus. We characterize the unique pure strategy equilibrium and show that as long as the cost function is not ``too concave'', privatization ...
Roy Chowdhury, Prabal
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What Influences Climate Risk Communication? Evidence From 25 Climate Leaders in 18 Global South Countries

open access: yesJournal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 34, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT As climate variability intensifies, effective climate risk communication has become a central element of crisis prevention and adaptive governance. However, existing studies on the climate crisis and risk communication remain predominantly informed by Global North perspectives, with limited attention to how Global South countries communicate ...
Chenchen Wang
wiley   +1 more source

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