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On the Existence and uniqueness of Price Equilibrium with Multi-Store Firms

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  • GIRAUD-HERAULD E.
  • HAMMOUDI A.
  • RAMANI S-V.

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The paper gives a proof of the existence and the uniqueness of price equilibrium in a multi-product, multi-firm competition framework. It illustrates how the price levels depends on the inter-brand portfolio substitution and on the intra-brand portfolio substitution
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  • Giraud-Herauld E. & Hammoudi A. & Ramani S-V., 2006. "On the Existence and uniqueness of Price Equilibrium with Multi-Store Firms," Working Papers ERMES 0613, ERMES, University Paris 2.
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