Bayesian Nash equilibrium in "linear" Cournot models with private information about costs

被引:4
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作者
Hurkens, Sjaak [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] CSIC, Inst Econ Anal, Barcelona, Spain
[2] Barcelona GSE, Barcelona, Spain
[3] Univ Navarra, IESE Business Sch, Publ Private Sect Res Ctr, Navarra, Spain
关键词
Cournot; private information; Bayesian Nash equilibrium; OLIGOPOLY; ACQUISITION; MARKETS; UNCERTAINTY; DUOPOLY; WELFARE; AGGREGATION; INCENTIVES; EFFICIENCY; EXCHANGE;
D O I
10.1111/ijet.12036
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Calculating closed-form solutions of general Cournot models where firms have private information about costs is very cumbersome. Most authors therefore consider linear demands and constant marginal costs. However, within this framework, the non-negativity constraint on prices (and quantities) has not been properly dealt with and the correct calculation of all Bayesian Nash equilibria is more complicated than expected. Moreover, multiple symmetric and interior Bayesian equilibria may exist for an open set of parameters. The reason for this is that linear inverse demand is not really linear, since there is a kink at zero price: P(Q)=max{a-bQ,0} rather than P(Q)=a-bQ.
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页码:203 / 217
页数:15
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