The private and social efficiency of two "behavioral" coordination mechanisms is examined in this paper. In Cournot oligopoly, firms prefer immediate coordination on the Nash equilibrium (interpreted as a preplay communication) over the best-reply dynamics (and fictitious play) which converge to the equilibrium, but with delay (interpreted as a decentralized learning process). In Bertrand oligopoly, firms prefer the learning process.
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Paper provided by Stockholm - International Economic Studies in its series Papers with number
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Length: 13 pages Date of creation: 1997 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:fth:stocin:634
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