Correlated Equilibria in Homogenous Good Bertrand Competition
Author(s) -
Ole Jann,
Christoph Schottmüller
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
ssrn electronic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1556-5068
DOI - 10.2139/ssrn.2483070
Subject(s) - bertrand competition , competition (biology) , mathematical economics , economics , mathematics , cournot competition , oligopoly , biology , ecology
We show that there is a unique correlated equilibrium, identical to the unique Nash equilibrium, in the classic Bertrand oligopoly model with homogenous goods. This provides a theoretical underpinning for the so-called "Bertrand paradox" and also generalizes earlier results on mixed-strategy Nash equilibria. Our proof generalizes to asymmetric marginal costs and arbitrarily many players.
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