Firms' symmetry and sustainability of collusion in a Hotelling duopoly

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Colombo, Stefano [1 ]
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[1] Catholic Univ MIlan, DEFAP, Milan, Italy
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ECONOMICS BULLETIN | 2009年 / 29卷 / 01期
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We use a differentiated duopoly a la Hotelling to assess the impact of firms' symmetry on the sustainability of a tacit collusive agreement. We obtain that the smaller firm has the greater incentive to deviate and that symmetry helps collusion for any possible differentiation degree.
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