The dynamics of a diﬀerentiated duopoly with quantity competition

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The dynamics of a differentiated duopoly with quantity competition

Fanti, Luciano and Gori, Luca

Department of Economics, University of Pisa, Department of Law and Economics "G.L.M. Casaregi", University of Genoa

17 September 2011

Online at https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/33477/

MPRA Paper No. 33477, posted 17 Sep 2011 18:51 UTC

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