The stability of the Cournot oligopoly model: a reassessment

DOI10.1016/0022-0531(85)90046-8zbMath0598.90019OpenAlexW2041706253MaRDI QIDQ1080347

P. L. Levine, Ali al-Nowaihi

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0531(85)90046-8

zbMATH Keywords

market structurelocal and global stabilityCournot oligopoly modelcontinuous adjustment processsufficient conditions for instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Microeconomic theory (price theory and economic markets) (91B24) Economic growth models (91B62)

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