Advertising with Spillover Effects in a Differential Oligopoly Game With Differentiated Goods.

Lambertini, Luca ; Cellini, Roberto (2002) Advertising with Spillover Effects in a Differential Oligopoly Game With Differentiated Goods. Bologna: Dipartimento di Scienze economiche DSE, p. 19. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/4868. In: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE (430). ISSN 2282-6483.
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Abstract

We consider a differentiated oligopoly where firms compete a la Cournot in the market phase, and each firms may invest in advertising activity, to enlarge its market size. Each firm`s advertising effort has positive external effects on the market size of all rivals. We derive the open-loop (and the coincident closed-loop) Nash equilibrium, and the optimal behavior of a cartel involving all firms setting both quantities and advertising efforts so as to maximize joint profits. The comparative assessment of these equilibria shows that a cartel may produce a steady ste where social welfare is higher than the social welfare level associated wit the non-cooperative setting. This is due to the positive externalities from advertising activity.

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Lambertini, Luca
Cellini, Roberto
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advertising, differential games, capital accumulation, closed loop equilibria,externalities.
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2282-6483
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