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The objective of a privately owned firm under imperfect competition

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  • Camelia Bejan, 2008. "The objective of a privately owned firm under imperfect competition," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 37(1), pages 99-118, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joecth:v:37:y:2008:i:1:p:99-118
    DOI: 10.1007/s00199-007-0289-5
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    4. Hervé Crès & Mich Tvede, 2011. "Production externalities: internalization by voting," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-00972983, HAL.
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    Keywords

    Firm’s objective; Shareholders’ preferences; Imperfect competition; General equilibrium; D21; D43; D51; D70; L21;
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    JEL classification:

    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
    • D51 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Exchange and Production Economies
    • D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
    • L21 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Business Objectives of the Firm

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