Discussion Papers in Economics

Planning Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi

#05-06:

"The Folk Theorem and BertrandCompetition."
By Prabal Roy Chowdhury

Abstract

We examine if the folk theorem of perfect competition holds under Bertrand competition (when firms supply all demand), both when entry is exogenous, as well as when it is free. Inter alia, we also characterize the limit equilibrium sets.

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