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Cournot Competition, Organization and Learning

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  • Ray Barrell

    (NIESR - Research Centre of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research - National Institute of Economic and Social Research)

  • Francesco Saraceno

    (OFCE - Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (Sciences Po) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po)

Abstract

We model firms' output decisions in a repeated duopoly frameworkfocusing on three interrelated issues: (1) the role of learningin the adjustment process toward equilibrium, (2) the role of organizationalstructure in the firm's decision making, and (3) the role ofchanging environmental conditions on learning and output decisions.We characterize the firm as a type of artificial neural network, whichmust estimate its optimal output decision based on signals it receivesfrom the economic environment (which influences the demand function).Via simulation analysis we show: (1) how organizations learn toestimate the optimal output over time as a function of the environmentaldynamics; (2) which networks are optimal for each environmentalcomplexity, and (3) the equilibrium industry structure.

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  • Ray Barrell & Francesco Saraceno, 2005. "Cournot Competition, Organization and Learning," Post-Print hal-03597732, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03597732
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2003.07.003
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    1. Francesco Saraceno & Jason Barr, 2008. "Cournot competition and endogenous firm size," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 18(5), pages 615-638, October.
    2. Chang, Myong-Hun & Harrington, Joseph Jr., 2006. "Agent-Based Models of Organizations," Handbook of Computational Economics, in: Leigh Tesfatsion & Kenneth L. Judd (ed.), Handbook of Computational Economics, edition 1, volume 2, chapter 26, pages 1273-1337, Elsevier.
    3. Barr, Jason & Saraceno, Francesco, 2009. "Organization, learning and cooperation," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 70(1-2), pages 39-53, May.
    4. Steven Kimbrough & Frederic Murphy, 2009. "Learning to Collude Tacitly on Production Levels by Oligopolistic Agents," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 33(1), pages 47-78, February.
    5. Jason Barr & Francesco Saraceno, 2005. "Modeling the Firm as an Artificial Neural Network," Working Papers Rutgers University, Newark 2005-011, Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark.
    6. Fioretti, Guido, 2006. "Recognising investment opportunities at the onset of recoveries," Research in Economics, Elsevier, vol. 60(2), pages 69-84, June.
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    9. Francesco Saraceno & Jason Barr, 2008. "Cournot competition and endogenous firm size," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 18(5), pages 615-638, October.
    10. Silveira, Douglas & Vasconcelos, Silvinha, 2020. "Essays on duopoly competition with asymmetric firms: Is profit maximization always an evolutionary stable strategy?," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 225(C).
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    13. Sgroi, Daniel & Zizzo, Daniel John, 2009. "Learning to play 3×3 games: Neural networks as bounded-rational players," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 69(1), pages 27-38, January.
    14. A. A. Elsadany & A. M. Awad, 2016. "Dynamical analysis and chaos control in a heterogeneous Kopel duopoly game," Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Springer, vol. 47(4), pages 617-639, December.
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