Two-production-period in a duopoly with nonprofit and for-profit firms

We investigate endogenous roles in a competition between a nonprofit firm and a for-profit firm in a homogeneous goods market, by allowing two production periods. We find that the Cournot-type equilibrium and one Stackelberg-type equilibrium where the nonprofit firm becomes the follower exist; however, ano...

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Autor principal: Ferreira, Fernanda A. (author)
Formato: conferenceObject
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2014
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/4387
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:recipp.ipp.pt:10400.22/4387
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Resumo:We investigate endogenous roles in a competition between a nonprofit firm and a for-profit firm in a homogeneous goods market, by allowing two production periods. We find that the Cournot-type equilibrium and one Stackelberg-type equilibrium where the nonprofit firm becomes the follower exist; however, another tackelberg-type equilibrium where the nonprofit firm becomes the leader does not exist.