Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/159832 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Quaderni - Working Paper DSE No. 994
Publisher: 
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche (DSE), Bologna
Abstract: 
Within a simple model of homogeneous oligopoly, we show that the traditional ranking between Bertrand and Cournot equilibria may be reversed. For price setting entails a continuum of price equilibria under convex variable costs, departure from marginal cost pricing may be observed. As a consequence, Bertrand-Nash equilibrium profits (welfare) may be higher (lower) than Cournot-Nash ones. The reversal of the standard rankings occurs when pricing strategies mimic collusive behaviour.
JEL: 
D43
L13
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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