@article{f27db46145a74870bf4028acdef8596d,
title = "The possibility of mixed-strategy equilibria with constant-returns-to-scale technology under Bertrand competition",
abstract = "Abstract. We analyze the Nash equilibria of a standard Bertrand model. We show that in addition to the marginal-cost pricing equilibrium there is a possibility for mixed-strategy equilibria yielding positive profit levels. We characterize these equilibria and find that having unbounded revenues is the necessary and sufficient condition for their existence. Hence, we demonstrate that under realistic assumptions the only equilibrium is marginal-cost pricing.",
keywords = "JEL classification: C72, L13, Key words:Bertrand, price competition",
author = "Kaplan, {Todd R.} and David Wettstein",
note = "Funding Information: We wish to thank two referees and a co-editor for valuable suggestions that have significantly improved this paper. We also gratefully acknowledge the support from the Kreitman Foundation and the Monaster Center for Economic Research. This paper is a revised version of Kaplan and Wettstein [1997]. 1 See Shapiro (1989) for an exellent exposition of the two competing models. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2000, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.",
year = "2000",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s101080050018",
language = "English",
volume = "2",
pages = "65--71",
journal = "Spanish Economic Review",
issn = "1435-5469",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
number = "1",
}