scholarly journals Uncertainty and Risk-aversion in a Dynamic Oligopoly with Sticky Prices

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edilio Valentini ◽  
Paolo Vitale

Author(s):  
Edilio Valentini ◽  
Paolo Vitale

AbstractIn this paper we present a dynamic discrete-time model that allows to investigate the impact of risk-aversion in an oligopoly characterized by a homogeneous non-storable good, sticky prices and uncertainty. The continuous-time limit of our formulation nests the classical dynamic oligopoly model with sticky prices by Fershtman and Kamien (Econometrica 55:1151–1164, 1987) and extends it by accommodating uncertainty and risk-aversion. We show that in the continuous-time limit of our infinite horizon formulation the optimal production strategy and the consequent equilibrium price are, respectively, directly and inversely related to the degrees of uncertainty and risk-aversion. However, the effect of uncertainty and risk-aversion crucially depends on price stickiness since, when prices can adjust instantaneously, the steady state equilibrium in our model with uncertainty and risk-aversion collapses to Fershtman and Kamien’s analogue.





2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 568-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Wiszniewska-Matyszkiel ◽  
Marek Bodnar ◽  
Fryderyk Mirota


1979 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques H. Dreze


Author(s):  
Agnieszka Wiszniewska-Matyszkiel ◽  
Marek Bodnar ◽  
Fryderyk Mirota






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