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On Stackelberg games in a homogeneous product market

Authors :
Krishnendu Ghosh Dastidar
Source :
European Economic Review. 48:549-562
Publication Year :
2004
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2004.

Abstract

In a homogeneous product duopoly with concave demand and strictly convex costs we bring together all the standard results of quantity Stackelberg games, provide some new results with price Stackelberg games and compare the equilibrium configuration of the quantity games with the price games. In the price Stackelberg game we show there is a unique SPNE where the leader chooses a lower price than the follower, but both get equal payoffs. We prove that generally quantity Stackelberg games are less competitive than price Stackelberg games. However, we also demonstrate the possibility of a reversal of this result.

Details

ISSN :
00142921
Volume :
48
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
European Economic Review
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........f4cf0691601e542027d90344e37b742a
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-2921(03)00035-7