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Collaboration and Competition in Networks

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  • Sumit Joshi

    (The George Washington University)

  • Sanjeev Goyal

    (Erasmus University)

Abstract

In a Cournot oligopoly, prior to choosing quantity, each firm has an opportunity to form pair-wise collaborative links with other firms. These pair-wise links lower costs of production of the firms which form a link and, if there are knowledge spillovers, also lower costs of other firms which are connected to them. The collection of pair-wise links defines a collaboration network. We characterize stable networks and compare them with efficient networks. We find that the complete network is stable, irrespective of the assumptions on spillovers across collaboration links. This is in contrast to some recent work on group formation in Cournot oligopoly, see e.g., Bloch (1995). Our finding is also interesting from a welfare point of view since, in such settings, the complete network is efficient from a social point of view.

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  • Sumit Joshi & Sanjeev Goyal, 1999. "Collaboration and Competition in Networks," Working papers 64, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:cde:cdewps:64
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    1. Goyal, Sanjeev & Joshi, Sumit, 2003. "Networks of collaboration in oligopoly," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 43(1), pages 57-85, April.

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    Keywords

    Networks; Cournot Oligopoly; Spillovers; Coalitions;
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    JEL classification:

    • C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory
    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets

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