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Oligopolistic competition as a common agency game. (English) Zbl 1201.91065

The authors analyze oligopolistic competition in the common agent multi-principal framework; their approach is more comprehensive and more appropriate to deal with differentiated goods.

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91B24 Microeconomic theory (price theory and economic markets)
91B54 Special types of economic markets (including Cournot, Bertrand)
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