A differential oligopoly game with differentiated goods and sticky prices
A differential oligopoly game with differentiated goods and sticky prices
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ejor.2005.09.013
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发表时间:
2007-01-16
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
Larnbertini, Luca
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作者:
Cellini, Roberto;Larnbertini, Luca
We investigate a dynamic oligopoly game where goods are differentiated and prices are sticky. We study the open-loop and the closed-loop memoryless Nash equilibrium, and show that the latter equilibrium entails a larger level of steady state production as compared to the former; both equilibria entail a larger level of production in steady state than the static game. We also study the effects of price stickiness and product differentiation upon the steady state equilibrium allocation and profits. The per-firm equilibrium output is increasing in both product differentiation and price stickiness, while profits are increasing in both product differentiation and the speed of price adjustment. The steady state social welfare monotonically increases in the speed of price adjustment, and the overproduction entailed by dynamic competition has beneficial effect from a social standpoint. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.