Cournot meets Bayes-Nash: A discontinuity in behavior in finitely repeated duopoly games

Céderic Argenton, Radosveta Ivanova Stenzel, Wieland Müller

Publications: Working paper

Abstract

We conduct a series of Cournot duopoly market experiments with a high number of repetitions and fixed matching. Our treatments include markets with (a) complete cost symmetry and complete information, (b) slight cost asymmetry and complete information, and (c) varying cost asymmetries and incomplete information. For the case of complete cost symmetry and complete information, our data confirm the well-known result that duopoly players achieve, on average, partial collusion. However, as soon as any level of cost asymmetry or incomplete information is introduced, observed average individual quantities are remarkably close to the static Bayes-Nash equilibrium predictions.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherTilburg University Press
Number of pages23
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Publication series

SeriesCentER Discussion Paper
Number2022-003
SeriesTILEC Discussion Paper
Number2022-005

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 502021 Microeconomics

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