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The Quadratic Oil Extraction Oligopoly

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Each extractor has a distinct quadratic extraction cost and faces a linear industry demand schedule. We observe that the open loop and closed loop solutions are the same if initial stocks are such that each competitor is extracting in every period in which her competitors are extracting.

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  • John Hartwick, 2006. "The Quadratic Oil Extraction Oligopoly," Working Paper 1095, Economics Department, Queen's University.
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    Keywords

    oligopoly extractors; closed loop solution;

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    • D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
    • Q32 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Exhaustible Resources and Economic Development

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