Oblivious equilibrium for concentrated industries

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Journal: RAND Journal of Economics
Year: 2015
Volume: 46
Issue: 4
Pages: 671-708

Authors (3)

C. Lanier Benkard (not in RePEc) Przemyslaw Jeziorski Gabriel Y. Weintraub (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

1.341 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

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

Abstract

type="main"> <p>This article explores the application of oblivious equilibrium (OE) to highly concentrated markets. We define a natural extended notion of OE, called partially oblivious equilibrium (POE), that allows for there to be a set of strategically important firms (the “dominant” firms), whose firm states are always monitored by every other firm in the market. We perform computational experiments that explore the characteristics of POE, OE, and Markov perfect equilibrium (MPE), and find that POE generally performs well in highly concentrated markets. We also derive error bounds for evaluating the performance of POE for cases where MPE cannot be computed.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:randje:v:46:y:2015:i:4:p:671-708
Journal Field
Industrial Organization
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25