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Duopoly in Exhaustible Resource Exploration and Extraction

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  • John Hartwick
  • Perry Sadorsky

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Strategic considerations of exploration and extraction are investigated in a two player, two period, two stage perfect equilibrium framework. Relative to two plant monopoly, the duopolists explore more and extract more. A mixed game where there is co-operation "upstream" in exploration and Cournot competition "downstream" in quantities extracted is investigated. We also note the increasing returns to scale in exploration can introduce an unstable interior solution with a corner solution the presumed stable equilibrium.

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  • John Hartwick & Perry Sadorsky, 1988. "Duopoly in Exhaustible Resource Exploration and Extraction," Working Paper 721, Economics Department, Queen's University.
    • Handle: RePEc:qed:wpaper:721
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