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Strategic profit sharing between firms

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  • José Luis Ferreira
  • Roberts Waddle

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We introduce the possibility of unilaterally giving profits away to the rival in different oligopolistic contexts. We find that this strategy may be profitable in some circumstances, thus providing a context for partial tacit collusion in one‐shot oligopolistic interactions. Although the strategy in itself may look unrealistic, we argue that it may be hidden behind a more complicated relation of the firms.

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  • José Luis Ferreira & Roberts Waddle, 2010. "Strategic profit sharing between firms," International Journal of Economic Theory, The International Society for Economic Theory, vol. 6(4), pages 341-354, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijethy:v:6:y:2010:i:4:p:341-354
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7363.2010.00143.x
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