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Under oligopoly firms are often observed to specialise their production, with some firms producing highly reliable output and offering good warranty deals, while others produce less reliable output and offer less attractive warranties,... more
Sur le marché des semi-conducteurs, deux géants se livrent une bataille féroce : Intel et AMD (Advance Micro Devices). Nous nous intéressons dans cet article à la compétition au sein du marché de microprocesseur de type x86 entre ces deux... more
Adidas and Nike currently control 74% of the global football market, a prime example of duopoly. Their share is predicted to increase; consequently, it is crucially important for consumers to assess whether such a duopolistic setting is... more
A critique of the article “Yes, you do have an obligation to vote for the lesser of two evils. Here’s why," from the Washington Post (6/1/16). Attached is a final draft and a link to a version on the "It Is What It Isn't" Blog. See also... more
El presente trabajo aplica los modelos de Cournot y de Stackelberg a una industria de productos homogéneos con alto nivel de concentración. El objeto es usar estos modelos como criterio de decisión acerca de la alternativa de introducir... more
Una política que fortalece la competencia a largo plazo en el sector postal es la actuación sobre los costes de cambio y de retención. En dos escenarios de duopolio, uno con costes de cambio y otro con costes de cambio y costes de... more
This paper explores the implication of evolutionary models (replicatordynamics) in a simple Cournot duopoly model. A firm type is a linear decisionrule in which the firm's output depends on the other firm's previous output.First... more
This study showcases Uganda’s experience with the reform of the telecommunications sector that has taken place over the last decade. The reform of Uganda’s telecommunications sector has been billed as a more successful one in relation to... more
In a general setting with uncertainty and spillovers in R&D activity, we consider the incentive to cooperate among firms at any or all of the following three stages. Firms can jointly agree on the level of R&D expenditures, they can set... more
In this paper, author examine the issue of the optimal tariff in circumstances in which trade between the ‘North’ (a developed country) and the ‘South’ (a developing country) takes place. Firms compete in quantities (‘Cournot... more
In this paper we apply the Complete Analysis of Differentiable Games (introduced by D. Carfì in [3], [6], [8] and [9]) and already employed by himself and others in [4], [5], [7]) and some new algorithms employing the software wxMaxima... more
Anyone who keeps the track of political activity and process in United States, knows very well that both so called major political parties remain in continuous campaign mode, all the time
In this study, we analyze an advertising competition in a duopoly. We consider two different notions of equilibrium. We model the companies in the duopoly as major players, and the consumers as minor players. In our first game model we... more
The aim of this paper is to study the option to invest in a duopoly market, allowing for more competitors to enter the market. In fact, we relax the common assumption which states that (only) two firms compete for the two places in the... more
We study the effects of market structure on entry using data from the U.K. fast food (counter-service burger) industry over the years 1991--1995, for which the market can be characterized as a duopoly. We use both reduced-form estimations... more
Competition is the cornerstone of successful telecommunications development. Morocco's telecommunications reforms in 1995-1999, which among other changes introduced competition in mobile phones, led to fast growth, and improved sector... more
In this paper we apply the Complete Analysis of Differentiable Games (introduced by D. Carfi in [3], [6], [8] and [9]) and already employed by himself and others in [4], [5], [7]) and some new algorithms employing the software wxMaxima... more