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Oligopoly models with different learning and production time scales

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  • Fausto Cavalli

    (Catholic University of Sacred Heart)

  • Ahmad Naimzada

    (University of Milano-Bicocca)

  • Mauro Sodini

    (University of Pisa)

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We propose a modelling approach to study Cournotian oligopolies of boundedly rational firms which continuously update production decisions on the basis of information collected periodically. The model consists of a system of differential equations with piecewise constant arguments, which can be recast into a system of difference equations. Considering different economic settings, we study the local stability of equilibrium, proving the destabilizing role of the time lag between two consecutive learning activities. We investigate some particular families of oligopolies showing the occurrence of both flip and Neimark–Sacker bifurcations, as well as the evidence of multistability with the coexistence between different attractors, occurring when oligopolies consisting of both technologically different and identical firms are studied.

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  • Fausto Cavalli & Ahmad Naimzada & Mauro Sodini, 2018. "Oligopoly models with different learning and production time scales," Decisions in Economics and Finance, Springer;Associazione per la Matematica, vol. 41(2), pages 297-312, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:decfin:v:41:y:2018:i:2:d:10.1007_s10203-018-0225-0
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    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
    • C62 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Existence and Stability Conditions of Equilibrium

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