When an inefficient firm makes higher profit than its efficient rival
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Keywords
Centralized structure; decentralized structure; potential games;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- L21 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Business Objectives of the Firm
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2010-06-26 (Business Economics)
- NEP-COM-2010-06-26 (Industrial Competition)
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