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Fulfilled Expectations Cournot Duopoly with Information Acquisition and Release


Volume: Volume 13, No. 1

Issue: Spring 1982

Pages: pp. 214-218

Authors: William Novshek and Hugo Sonnenschein

Title: Fulfilled Expectations Cournot Duopoly with Information Acquisition and Release

Abstract: This article studies the fulfilled expectations equilibrium for a Cournot duopoly model in which firms acquire information about uncertain linear demand. Several propositions are established concerning the incentives to acquire and release information in this duopoly environment.


JEL Classification

Microeconomics Theory of Firm and Industry under Imperfectly Competitive Market Structures (0226)