Compares Stackelberg’s Grundlagen der theoretischen Volkswirtschaftslehre with a standard modern micro-economic textbook. Reveals some confusing shortcomings in the English translation. Focuses on unique peculiarities of Stackelberg’s analysis of the price formation on imperfect markets....

Proposes a model which shows that Stackelberg competition is not necessarily welfare- enhancing compared with Cournot competition. Shows that, although in a simple duopoly model prices in a Stackelberg equilibrium are lower than in a Cournot equilibrium, this is not necessarily true in an...