The prisoner's dilemma in Cournot models: when endogenizing the level of competition leads to competitive behaviors
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- Ibrahim Abada & Andreas Ehrenmann, 2016. "The prisoner’s dilemma in Cournot models: when endogenizing the level of competition leads to competitive behaviors," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 1641, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
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Imperfect competition; export oligopoly; open and closed loop Nash equilibrium;All these keywords.
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- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- L7 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction
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