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Standardization Versus Preference For Variety In Linear Cournot Oligopoly

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  • Frédéric Deroïan

    () (GREQAM - Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille - Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille II - Université Paul Cézanne - Aix-Marseille III - Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) - CNRS : UMR6579)

  • Frédéric Gannon

    () (EconomiX - CNRS : UMR7166 - Université de Paris X - Nanterre)

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    We consider a Cournot oligopoly setting in which consumers have an intrinsic preference for variety, while unit production costs of firms increase with the number of goods they produce. This environment exhibits a general under-provision of variety with respect to social welfare.

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    Paper provided by HAL in its series Working Papers with number halshs-00353816.

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    Date of creation: 01 Jun 2007
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    Keywords: Standardization; Preference for Variety; Oligopoly;

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