The core in an oligopoly market with indivisibility

B-Tier
Journal: Economic Theory
Year: 2000
Volume: 16
Issue: 1
Pages: 181-198

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper studies the core in an oligopoly market with indivisibility. It provides necessary and sufficient conditions for core existence in a general m-buyer n-seller market with indivisibility. When costs are dominated by opportunity costs (i.e., a firm's variable costs are sufficiently small), the core condition can be characterized by the primitive market parameters. In a 3-2 market with opportunity cost, the core is non-empty if and only if the larger seller's opportunity cost is either sufficiently large or sufficiently small.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:spr:joecth:v:16:y:2000:i:1:p:181-198
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-29