# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

January  2017, 4(1): 25-39. doi: 10.3934/jdg.2017002

## Global analysis of solutions on the Cournot-Theocharis duopoly with variable marginal costs

 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Economics, Sofokleous 1, 10559, Athens, Greece

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Received  July 2016 Revised  November 2016 Published  December 2016

In this article, we study the Cournot-Theocharis duopoly with variable marginal cost. We present sufficient conditions such that, both firms enter the market at any stage, remain in the market, and maximize their profit at any stage. We suggest cost implementation strategies, under which the market might benefit from the variability of marginal cost. We exhibit strategies, for which, the variability of marginal cost might be hazardous for the duopoly competitors. We prove that there exist cases, in which the market forms cycles of length six. Within each cycle, there is an interchange between monopolies and duopolies. Finally, we present some new ideas to establish monopoly convergence under certain monopoly conditions.

Citation: Iraklis Kollias, Elias Camouzis, John Leventides. Global analysis of solutions on the Cournot-Theocharis duopoly with variable marginal costs. Journal of Dynamics & Games, 2017, 4 (1) : 25-39. doi: 10.3934/jdg.2017002
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