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On Adjustment Costs and the Stability of Equilibria

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In practice one does not expect conflicting agents to move instantaneously to an equilibrium. Instead the final equilibrium is often the consequence of "disequilibrium dynamics". This paper, through the use of local game theory, introduces a general framework for disequilibrium dynamics based on the existence of adjustment costs. The analysis is presented within the context of oligopoly theory and shows that the existence of adjustment costs will in many cases result in a unique equilibrium at which market shares are inversely proportional to these costs. This paper also introduces two new solution concepts for n-person normal form games.

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  • W. Bentley Macleod, 1985. "On Adjustment Costs and the Stability of Equilibria," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 52(4), pages 575-591.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:restud:v:52:y:1985:i:4:p:575-591.
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    1. Zhao, Jijun & Szidarovszky, Ferenc, 2008. "N-firm oligopolies with production adjustment costs: Best responses and equilibrium," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 68(1), pages 87-99, October.
    2. Holm, Pasi & Honkapohja, Seppo & Koskela, Erkki, 1990. "A monopoly union model of wage determination with taxes and endogenous capital stock : an empirical application to the finnish manufacturing industry," Research Discussion Papers 24/1990, Bank of Finland.
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    4. Akio Matsumoto & Ugo Merlone & Ferenc Szidarovszky, 2017. "Extended oligopolies with contingent workforce," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 27(5), pages 989-1005, November.
    5. Merlone, Ugo & Szidarovszky, Ferenc, 2015. "Dynamic oligopolies with contingent workforce and investment costs," Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 144-154.
    6. Merlone, Ugo & Szidarovszky, Ferenc, 2022. "Cournot oligopoly when the competitors operate under capital constraints," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 160(C).

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