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Information disclosure to Cournot duopolists

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  • Eliaz Kfir
  • Francoise Forges

    (CEREMADE - CEntre de REcherches en MAthématiques de la DEcision - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

We show that in a standard symmetric Cournot duopoly with unknown demand, the optimal information disclosure policy of an informed benevolent planner is to fully inform one of the duopolists and disclose no information to the other one. We discuss possible extensions of the result.
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  • Eliaz Kfir & Francoise Forges, 2015. "Information disclosure to Cournot duopolists," Post-Print hal-01252926, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01252926
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    1. Tomala, Tristan & Koessler, Frederic & Laclau, Marie, 2018. "Interactive Information Design," HEC Research Papers Series 1260, HEC Paris, revised 02 May 2018.
    2. Yuki Amemiya & Akifumi Ishihara & Tomoya Nakamura, 2021. "Pre‐emptive production and market competitiveness in oligopoly with private information," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(2), pages 449-455, May.
    3. Ghosh, Gagan & Liu, Heng, 2020. "Voluntary information disclosure to Cournot oligopolists," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 197(C).
    4. Colin von Negenborn, 2023. "The more the merrier? On the optimality of market size restrictions," Review of Economic Design, Springer;Society for Economic Design, vol. 27(3), pages 603-634, September.

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    JEL classification:

    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design

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