This paper demonstrates that the standard conclusions regarding the comparison of Cournot and Bertrand competition are … Cournot competition yields higher output, lower wholesale prices, lower final prices, higher consumers' surplus, and higher … total welfare than Bertrand competition. …

We study the collusive efficacy of competition clauses (CC) such as the meeting competition clause (MCC) and the … beating competition clauses (BCC) in a general framework. In contrast to previous theoretical studies, we allow for repeated …

competition in both markets. I consider a demand structure where both Cournot and Bertrand competition can be evaluated. Bundling … is completely ineffective when firms compete in quantities. On the contrary, under Bertrand competition, selling the two …

. In a homogeneous oligopoly, under standard regularity conditions, we prove that Cournot-Nash emerges both under (i) price … competition and Cournot conjectures; and (ii) supply function competition with ex post market clearing. We demonstrate both …