Religious attitudes and home bias: theory and evidence from a pilot study

Lambertini, Luca ; Tampieri, Alessandro (2012) Religious attitudes and home bias: theory and evidence from a pilot study. Bologna: Dipartimento di Scienze economiche DSE, p. 9. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/4206. In: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE (812). ISSN 2282-6483.
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Abstract

We compare a Bertrand with a Cournot duopoly in a setting where production is polluting and exploits natural resources, and firms bear convex production costs. We adopt Dastidar's (1995) approach, yielding a continuum of Bertrand-Nash equilibria ranging above marginal cost pricing also, to show that softening price competition may lead to a lower output production in a Bertrand rather than a Cournot industry. The market structure bringing about the lowest output determines the highest social welfare, given the fact that the negative environmental effects of production more than offset the gain in consumer surplus.

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Lambertini, Luca
Tampieri, Alessandro
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Intensity of competition, natural resources exploita- tion, pollution, Bertrand or Cournot industries
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2282-6483
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31 Mar 2015 13:43
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