It is a very well-known result that in terms of evolutionary stability the long-run outcome of a Cournot oligopoly market with finitely many firms approaches the perfectly competitive Walrasian market outcome (Vega-Redondo, 1997). However, in this paper we show that an asymmetric structure in...

It is shown that the equilibrium notion of an evolutionary stable strategy (ESS) does have predictive power for standard models of Bertrand competition. This is in contrast to a recent claim by Qin and Stuart (1997). The claim is based on the observation that the solution concept ESS behaves...

We characterize the optimal dynamic price policy of a monopolist who faces quot;viscousquot;demand for its services. Demand is viscous if it adjusts relatively slowly to price changes.We show that with the optimal policy the monopolist stops short of achieving 100% marketpenetration, even when...

In many markets, demand adjusts slowly to changes inprices, i.e., demand is quot;viscous.quot; For such a market, the time path of a firm'sprices acquires added significance, compared with the case of instantaneousdemand response. In this paper I explore some problems in strategic dynamicpricing...