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Inside Oligopoly
Chapter 10
Group 9
Nash Equilibrium
A condition describing a set of strategies in which
no player can improve her payoff by unilaterally
changing her own strategy, given the other
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players; strategies.
Player B
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Set of strategy from
Strategy Left Right Player B
Player A Up 10, 20 15, 8
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Application of One-Shot Games
Pricing Decision Advertising & Quality Decision
Player B Player B
Bertrand Duopoly
Low High Don’t
Strategy Strategy Advertise
Price Price Advertise
Player A Player A
Low
0, 0 50, -10 Advertise $4, $4 $20, $1
Price
High Don’t
-10, 50 10, 10 $1, $20 $10, $10
Price Advertise
Nash Equilibrium is when both are charging Low Price In most oligopolistic markets, advertising increases the
demands for a firm’s product by taking customers away
Each firm’s best strategy is to charge from other firms in the industry (switch brand)
low price regardless of the other firm’s
action. Profits are less than the firms Sample Case Nash Equilibrium happens when both firms decide to
would earn if they colluded and Advertise.
“agreed” to charge high prices. But this
is a one shot game, what if the other Collusion will not work as this is a one-shot game.
firm cheated the agreement? Each firm will have the possibility to cheat and
receive bigger payoffs. 7
This is called dilemma
Application of One-Shot Games
Coordination Decision Monitoring Employees
Player B Worker
120-Volt 90-Volt
Strategy Strategy Work Shirk
Outlets Outlets
Player A Manager
120-Volt Monitor -1, 1 1, -1
$100, $100 $0, $0
Outlets
Don’t
90-Volt 1, -1 -1, 1
$0, $0 $100, $100 Monitor
Outlets
Game theory can also be used to analyze interactions
2 firms must decide whether to produce appliances between manager and worker.
requiring 120-Volt or 90-volt outlets. This is called
coordination game. Players would engage in a Mixed (randomized) strategy
whereby a player randomizes over two or more
There are Two Nash Equilibrium: available actions in order to keep from being able to
• Both firms produce 120-volt outlets predict his or her action.
• Both firms produce 90-volt outlets
Strategy 0 50 100
Management 0 0, 0 0, 50 0, 100
𝜋1
𝑃𝑉𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑚 = 𝜋
1+𝑖
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Supporting Collusion with Trigger Strategies
Trigger Strategy = A strategy that is contingent on the past play of a game and
in which some particular past action
Table 10 - 7
Low 0,0 50 , - 40
High - 40 , 50 10 , 10
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Factors Affecting Collusion in Pricing Games
▪ Number of Firms
▪ Firm Size
▪ History of the Market
▪ Punishment Mechanisms
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3. Finitely Repeated
Games
Finitely Repeated Game
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➢ Notice if Ѳ
if Firm A don’t cheat, profit $10( )
If Firm A Cheat, profit $50 >$ 10 ( dominant strategy )
➢ Notice if Ѳ
If Firm A don’t cheat, profit $100 ( )
If Firm A Cheat, profit $50 < $100
Since $50 < $100 firm A has no intensive To cheat
The firm can collude Charge high price
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In the 2nd / (last) game
there is no tommorow
Every player couldn’t punish
each other
Every player will set low
price in 2nd game or in the
last periode
Theory :
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Sequential move bargaining
Nash equilibrium :
Management give $99 to union
And union accept it
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