Cournot-Nash models of free entry into industries with large fixed costs yields equilibria with only a few operating firms, and each firm has some monopoly power. I consider a model where each firm's strategy is a function q(P) which specifies how much it will supply at each price. Unlike in Cournot models, the competitive equilibrium (where it exists) is always a Nash equilibrium in supply function strategies, and under weak assumptions it is the only equilibrium. This permits a Nash equilibrium model of the threat of entry as a deterrent to the exercise of monopoly power by operating firms.
MLA
Grossman, Sanford J.. “Nash Equilibrium and the Industrial Organization of Markets with Large Fixed Costs.” Econometrica, vol. 49, .no 5, Econometric Society, 1981, pp. 1149-1172, https://www.jstor.org/stable/1912748
Chicago
Grossman, Sanford J.. “Nash Equilibrium and the Industrial Organization of Markets with Large Fixed Costs.” Econometrica, 49, .no 5, (Econometric Society: 1981), 1149-1172. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1912748
APA
Grossman, S. J. (1981). Nash Equilibrium and the Industrial Organization of Markets with Large Fixed Costs. Econometrica, 49(5), 1149-1172. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1912748
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