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Oligopoly Behavior: A Game Theory Overview
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Nov 20 2007, 5:05 AM EST
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It may be legal when firms communicate about where they will put their stores, and not about money.
Obstacles to collusion Demand and cost differences Number of firms Cheating Recession Potential Entry Legal Obstacles: Antitrust LawIncentive to Cheat Oligopolists are strongly tempted to cheat on collusive agreements If
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Nov 19 2007, 10:02 AM EST
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When firms work together, they act as one big monopoly power, charging a monopoly price and earning a monopoly profit.
Obstacles to collusion Demand and cost differences Number of firms Cheating Recession Potential Entry Legal Obstacles: Antitrust LawIncentive to Cheat
Oligopolists are strongly tempted to cheat on collusive agreements
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Nov 19 2007, 9:21 AM EST
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player.Example of a Game Theory Model (using prisoners):Mutual Interdependence Revisited: Oligopolistic firms can influence rival's profits by changing pricing strategies Each firm's profit depends on their pricing strategy in relation to their rival's Collusion Tendencies Collusion: cooperation between firms to achieve benefits Firms
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Nov 19 2007, 8:54 AM EST
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firms. You only need to know how to use a 4 celled matrix for now.
Dominant Strategy: A strategy that's best for the player in a game regardless by strategy chose by anohter player.Example of a Game Theory Model (using prisoners):Mutual Interdependence Revisited:
Oligopolistic firms
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Nov 19 2007, 8:33 AM EST
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A strategy that's best for the player in a game regardless by strategy chose by anohter player.
Example of a Game Theory Model (using prisoners):Mutual Interdependence Revisited:Oligopolistic firms can influence rival's profits by changing pricing strategiesEach firm's profit depends on their
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Nov 19 2007, 5:36 AM EST
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harder for a larger amounts of firms to make an agreement.
This incentive also works with advertisements; if two firms both agree not to increase advertising, both have an incentive to then cheat and begin making more advertisements anyway.
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Nov 18 2007, 2:02 AM EST
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attempt to attract more consumers than the rival firm
Agreements are easier to make between a few firms because it is easier to track if firms begin to cheat. it is harder for a larger amounts of firms to make an agreement.
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Example of a Game Theory Model
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Mutual Interdependence Revisited:Oligopolistic firms can influence rival's profits by changing pricing strategiesEach firm's profit depends on their pricing strategy in relation to their rival'sCollusion TendenciesCollusion: cooperation between firms to achieve benefitsFirms can cooperate
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Nov 17 2007, 2:04 AM EST
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wars, where their profits decrease significantly
Incentive to Cheat
Oligopolists are strongly tempted to cheat on collusive agreements
If two firms agree to set a certain price, one firm may secretly change their price in an attempt to attract more consumers than the rival firm
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Intro to Economics and Microeconomics
Unit 1: Introduction to Economics
Unit 2.1 Markets, 2.2 Elasticities and 2.2.1 Consumer Choice
Unit 2.3: Theory of the Firm
Chapter 20 - "The Costs of Production"
Chapter 21 - "Pure Competition"
Chapter 22 - "Pure Monopoly"
Chapter 23 - "Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly"
Characteristics of Monopolistic Competition
Price and Output in Monopolistic Competition
Monopolistic Competition and Efficiency
Product Variety
Characteristics of Oligopoly
Oligopoly Behavior: A Game Theory Overview
Oligopoly and Advertising
Oligopoly and Efficiency
Unit II C and D Student Thought Forum
Unit II C and D AP Econ in the News
Unit 2.4: Market Failure and the Role of Government
Unit 2.5: Resource Markets (AP only)
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