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Imperfect Competition Under Uncertainty

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The behavior of firms in the Cournot-Nash model is examined under uncertainty in market demand and in their production. The emerging result is that if one of the firms is strongly more risk averse than the other its output will increase but total output declines (even when the other is risk neutral). In the Stackelberg model however if the follower is risk neutral he might compensate for the decline of output by the leader.

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  • Fishelson, Gideon, 1988. "Imperfect Competition Under Uncertainty," Foerder Institute for Economic Research Working Papers 275451, Tel-Aviv University > Foerder Institute for Economic Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:isfiwp:275451
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.275451
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