Cournot competition

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:economic_policy
gptkbp:analyzes market outcomes
gptkbp:appliesTo oligopoly
duopoly
gptkbp:assumes perfect information
each firm maximizes profit
firms choose quantities simultaneously
homogeneous product
identical cost functions (in basic model)
no collusion
no entry or exit
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:Bertrand_competition
gptkb:Stackelberg_competition
gptkbp:describes oligopoly
gptkbp:field microeconomics
industrial organization
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cournot competition
gptkbp:influenced game theory
industrial economics
gptkbp:introducedIn 1838
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Antoine_Augustin_Cournot
gptkbp:publishedIn Recherches sur les principes mathématiques de la théorie des richesses
gptkbp:result market output between monopoly and perfect competition
market price above marginal cost
market price below monopoly price
gptkbp:solvedBy gptkb:Nash_equilibrium
gptkbp:studies strategic interaction
gptkbp:usedFor analyzing firm behavior
studying market power
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Antoine_Augustin_Cournot
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6