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Two Remarks on Cournot Equilibria

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Ted Bergstrom (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Hal Varian (UC Berkeley)

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One remark explains how Cournot equilibrium responds to taxation on the duopolists. (To maximize revenue, tax 'em the same) The other remark answers the question, What does Cournot Equilibrium maximize.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara in its series University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series with number 1985C.

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Keywords: Cournot Equilibrium; taxation; mazimization;

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