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On the Competitive Response to Technological Advance

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  • Fathali Firoozi

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When the competitive firm is operating in a stochastic environment and certain conditions regarding expectations and attitude toward risk hold, the response to a neutral technological advance is to reduce factor employment and raise output. The result contradicts the standard deterministic response, which emerges as a special case in the stochastic environment. (JEL, D81)

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  • Fathali Firoozi, 1995. "On the Competitive Response to Technological Advance," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 39(2), pages 61-64, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:amerec:v:39:y:1995:i:2:p:61-64
    DOI: 10.1177/056943459503900207
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    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty

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