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Indeterminate Output Allocations in Collusive Equilibria and Multi-plant Firms

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  • Thomas Mitchell

    (S. Illinois Univ. at Carbondale)

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    If n colluding oligopolists all have the cost function C(q_i) = c * q_i, then it will not be possible to uniquely allocate among the firms the monopoly output that maximizes their joint profit. Similarly, if all plants of an n-plant firm have the cost function C(q_i) = c * q_i, then it will not be possible to uniquely allocate the firm's optimal output among the n plants. This paper identifies the necessary and sufficient conditions for such "allocative indeterminacies" to occur (i.e., the conditions to be avoided).

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    Paper provided by EconWPA in its series Microeconomics with number 9507001.

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    Length: 9 pages
    Date of creation: 25 Jul 1995
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    Handle: RePEc:wpa:wuwpmi:9507001

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    1. Friedman,James, 1983. "Oligopoly Theory," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521282444.
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