Price-Setting Mixed Duopoly Models with Complementary Goods

Kazuhiro Ohnishi
DOI: 10.4236/me.2010.11003                

Abstract

This paper considers domestic (resp. international) Bertrand mixed duopoly competition in which a state-owned welfare-maximizing public firm and a domestic (resp. foreign) profit-maximizing private firm produce complementary goods. The main purpose of the paper is to present and to compare the equilibrium outcomes of the two mixed duopoly models.

Keywords

Complementary Goods, Price Competition, Domestic Mixed Duopoly, International Mixed Duopoly

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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