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Factor market effects upon product market equilibrium
Author(s) -
Goering Gregory E.,
Pippenger Michael K.,
Pace R. Kelley
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
managerial and decision economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1099-1468
pISSN - 0143-6570
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1468(199902)20:1<37::aid-mde913>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - economics , factor market , duopoly , product market , microeconomics , stackelberg competition , product (mathematics) , competition (biology) , cournot competition , incentive , ecology , geometry , mathematics , biology
Conventional duopoly models typically assume agents possess specific conjectures concerning other agents’ behavior. In this paper equilibrium conjectures are endogenous and are a result of a joint factor market and product market equilibrium. Factor markets affect product markets since potential managers or owners of firms engage in product market competition and compete for corporate control in labor or capital markets. The resulting factor and product market joint equilibrium (FPE) endogenizes conjectures and can thus potentially endogenize market structure. This approach provides economic rationales for both Stackelberg and consistent conjectural equilibria. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.