Cournot equilibrium uniqueness in case of concave industry revenue: A simple proof

Pierre van Mouche, Federico Quartieri

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Abstract

A simple proof of an equilibrium uniqueness result by Murphy, Sherali and Soyster for homogeneous Cournot oligopolies with concave industry revenue function and convex cost functions is provided. Adapting this proof, a substantial improvement of their result is obtained; the improvement concerns capacity constraints, non-differentiable cost functions and industry revenue functions that are discontinuous at 0.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1299-1305
JournalEconomics Bulletin
Volume35
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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