Oligopoly Old Ends - New Means /

• Main Author: Puu, Tönu (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Subjects: Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Industrial organization.; Economics.; Industrial Organization.; Applications of Mathematics.

The book focuses classical oligopoly theory as developed in 1840-1940. By the end of this period oligopoly came under the spell of game theory in its probabilistic equilibrium format. Work by Cournot, von Stackelberg, Palander, and Hotelling, causal and dynamic in essence, but ignored, is reconsider...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Cournot Oligopoly
• Duopoly and Complex Dynamics
• Stackelberg Leadership
• Capacity Limits
• Multistability
• The Hotelling Paradox.