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The core in an N-firm dynamic Cournot oligopoly

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  • Wang, Lei
  • Zhao, Jingang

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This paper extends Scarf’s (1971) α-core result to a dynamic Cournot oligopoly. It shows that the α, β, γ-cores are all non-empty in an n-firm dynamic Cournot oligopoly with linear demand and symmetric quadratic costs.

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  • Wang, Lei & Zhao, Jingang, 2024. "The core in an N-firm dynamic Cournot oligopoly," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 129(C), pages 20-26.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:matsoc:v:129:y:2024:i:c:p:20-26
    DOI: 10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2024.02.005
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