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Beyond myopic best response (in Cournot competition)

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  • Fiat, Amos
  • Koutsoupias, Elias
  • Ligett, Katrina
  • Mansour, Yishay
  • Olonetsky, Svetlana

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The Nash equilibrium as a prediction myopically ignores the possibility that deviating from the equilibrium could lead to an avalanche of beneficial changes by other agents.

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  • Fiat, Amos & Koutsoupias, Elias & Ligett, Katrina & Mansour, Yishay & Olonetsky, Svetlana, 2019. "Beyond myopic best response (in Cournot competition)," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 38-57.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:gamebe:v:113:y:2019:i:c:p:38-57
    DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2013.12.006
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    1. Zhengyang Liu & Haolin Lu & Liang Shan & Zihe Wang, 2024. "On the Oscillations in Cournot Games with Best Response Strategies," Papers 2410.09435, arXiv.org.

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    Keywords

    Cournot competition; Bertrand competition; Delegation games; Dynamics;
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    JEL classification:

    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - General

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