Arbeitspapier

Identifying Reaction Functions in Differential Oligopoly Games

We investigate the issue of strategic substitutability/complementarity in differential games. We prove that instantaneous best replies exist if Hamiltonian functions are multiplicative in the control variables. Otherwise, if the Hamiltonians are addively separable w.r.t. controls, a dominant strategy emerges for each player. In this case, however, imposing stationarity on the differential equations of states, one can still identify best replies at the steady state, which is ruled out by definition in static games.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE ; No. 518

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
Oligopol
Spieltheorie

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Lambertini, Luca
Mantovani, Andrea
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche (DSE)
(where)
Bologna
(when)
2004

DOI
doi:10.6092/unibo/amsacta/4773
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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Lambertini, Luca
  • Mantovani, Andrea
  • Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche (DSE)

Time of origin

  • 2004

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