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Non-linear endogenous fluctuations with free entry and variable markups

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  • Rodolphe dos Santos Ferreira

    (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IUF - Institut universitaire de France - M.E.N.E.S.R. - Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche)

  • Teresa Lloyd-Braga

    (Universidade Católica Portuguesa [Porto])

Abstract

The paper explores the effects of markup variability, associated with free entry of Cournotian firms, on the occurrence of local indeterminacy, local Hopf bifurcations and multiplicity of steady states. It uses an overlapping generations model with capital, in which differentiated intermediate goods are produced with constant marginal cost plus a positive fixed cost. If the markup factor were constant (the case of no free entry or the case of zero fixed costs leading to the perfectly competitive outcome), no local endogenous fluctuations or multiplicity of steady states can emerge, unless factors of production are complementary. On the contrary, with any positive (variable) market power, indeterminacy and multiplicity of steady states is possible for any value of the elasticity of technological substitution, and local Hopf bifurcations may also emerge, provided (variable) market power is high enough.

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  • Rodolphe dos Santos Ferreira & Teresa Lloyd-Braga, 2005. "Non-linear endogenous fluctuations with free entry and variable markups," Post-Print hal-00279179, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00279179
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2004.04.003
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