Complexity Analysis of a Cournot-Bertrand Duopoly Game Model with Limited Information
Author(s) -
Hongwu Wang,
Junhai Ma
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
discrete dynamics in nature and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1607-887X
pISSN - 1026-0226
DOI - 10.1155/2013/287371
Subject(s) - cournot competition , duopoly , bertrand competition , mathematical economics , economics , marginal cost , bertrand paradox (economics) , nash equilibrium , oligopoly , price of stability , best response , microeconomics , monetary policy , monetary economics
A Cournot-Bertrand mixed duopoly game model with limited information about the market and opponent is considered, where the market has linear demand and two firms have the same fixed marginal cost. Theprinciples of decision-making are bounded rational. One firm chooses output and the other chooses price as decision variable, with the assumption that there is a certain degree of differentiation between the products offered by firms to avoid the whole market being occupied by the one that applies a lower price. The existence of Nash equilibrium point and its local stability of the game are investigated. The complex dynamics, such as bifurcation scenarios and route to chaos, are displayed using parameter basin plots by numerical experiment. The influences of the parameters on the system performance are discussed from the perspective of economics
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