Volume 10 (2023)
Volume 9 (2022)
Volume 8 (2021)
Volume 7 (2020)
Volume 6 (2019)
Volume 5 (2018)
Volume 4 (2017)
Volume 3 (2016)
Volume 2 (2015)
Volume 1 (2014)
Author = Kazuhiro Ohnishi
Number of Articles: 14
Mixed Duopoly, Privatization and Subsidization: Complementary Goods
Volume 10, Issue 2 , February 2023, , Pages 149-156
Abstract
This paper uses a mixed market model in which a state-owned public firm and a private firm produce complementary goods and reassesses the welfare effects of production subsidies. The paper examines four regimes: mixed and private duopoly, each with and without subsidies. In the regimes without subsidies, ... Read MoreCorporate Social Responsibility and Reaction Functions of Labor-Managed Firms with Lifetime Employment as Strategic Commitment
Volume 9, Issue 8 , August 2022, , Pages 542-549
Abstract
This paper examines an oligopoly game model with a concave demand function where labor-managed firms compete in quantities with each other. There is no possibility of entry or exit. The timing of the game is as follows. In the first stage, each labor-managed firm simultaneously and independently chooses ... Read MoreMixed Duopoly, Privatization, Subsidization and Partial Foreign Ownership
Volume 8, Issue 9 , September 2021, , Pages 707-714
Abstract
The seminal work by White (1996) examines the welfare effects of production subsidies in a mixed Cournot oligopoly market where a state-owned public firm competes with fully domestic-owned private firms, and presents the following two main results. First, if production subsidies are utilized only before ... Read MoreManagerial Incentives in Price-Setting Mixed Duopoly Model with Complementary Goods
Volume 8, Issue 5 , May 2021, , Pages 362-367
Abstract
This paper examines a price-setting mixed duopoly model in which a state-owned public firm and a private firm produce complementary goods. There is no possibility of entry or exit. Each firm has one owner and can hire one manager to make its production decisions. The paper first analyzes the following ... Read MoreEndogenous Timing in Mixed Duopoly with Wage-Rise Contracts as Strategic Device
Volume 7, Issue 7 , July 2020, , Pages 391-399
Abstract
This paper considers a mixed duopoly market in which a private firm competes against a public firm. Each firm first has to choose the timing for offering a wage-rise contract as a strategic device. The timing of the game is as follows. In stage one, each firm chooses either stage two or stage three simultaneously ... Read MoreThe Decision Whether to Hire Managers in a Mixed Duopoly with State-Owned and Labor-Managed Firms
Volume 7, Issue 3 , March 2020, , Pages 167-172
Abstract
This paper considers a mixed duopoly model in which a state-owned firm competes with a labor-managed firm. The timing of this game is as follows. In the first stage, each firm decides whether or not to hire a manager. In the second stage, the firms that hired managers select incentive parameters for ... Read MoreReaction Functions under Quantity Competition in International Mixed Triopolies
Volume 5, Issue 6 , June 2018, , Pages 411-416
Abstract
This paper considers an economy in which a state-owned public firm, a domestic private firm and a foreign private firm compete in output levels. The paper examines the firms’ reaction functions in the economy. As a result of this analysis, the paper shows that there is a mixed triopoly in which ... Read MoreUnilateral Decisions to Hire Managers in Markets with Capitalist and Labor-Managed Firms
Volume 5, Issue 4 , April 2018, , Pages 190-196
Abstract
This paper examines the equilibrium outcomes of firms’ decision games to hire managers when there is a capitalist firm competing against a labor-managed firm. The paper shows that if only the capitalist firm hires a manager, then the equilibrium coincides with the solution when neither firm hires ... Read MoreLifetime Employment and Mixed Cournot Duopoly with State-Owned and Joint-Stock Firms
Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 1-9
Abstract
This paper examines a mixed duopoly model in which a state-owned firm competes with a joint-stock firm. The following two stages are considered. In the first stage, each firm can simultaneously and independently decide whether or not to offer lifetime employment as a strategic commitment. In the second ... Read MoreWage-Rise Contract and Mixed Duopoly with Price Competition
Volume 4, Issue 9 , September 2017, , Pages 898-908
Abstract
This paper investigates a mixed duopoly environment in which a private firm competes on price with a public firm. The following timing of actions is considered. In the first stage, each firm non-cooperatively decides whether to adopt a wage-rise contract as a strategic commitment device. If a firm adopts ... Read MoreQuantity Precommitment and Cournot and Bertrand Models with Complementary Goods
Volume 4, Issue 1 , January 2017, , Pages 17-29
Abstract
This paper investigates Cournot and Bertrand duopoly models with complementary goods, where firms can enter into lifetime employment contracts with their respective workers as a strategic device. The paper treats the following four cases: ‘Cournot competition with strategic complements’, ... Read MoreEndogenous Timing in a Price-Setting Mixed Duopoly with a Foreign Competitor
Volume 3, Issue 12 , December 2016, , Pages 758-763
Abstract
This paper considers mixed duopoly games where a state-owned public firm and a foreign private firm compete in price. The public firm aims to maximize the un-weighted sum of consumer surplus and its own profit. The paper examines a desirable role (either leader or follower) of the public firm, an effect ... Read MoreLifetime Employment and a Sequential Choice in a Mixed Duopoly Market with a Joint-Stock Firm
Volume 3, Issue 5 , May 2016, , Pages 283-295
Abstract
This paper examines a three-stage game model in which a joint-stock private firm and a state-owned public firm can sequentially offer lifetime employment before competing in quantities. The game runs as follows. First, the joint-stock private firm decides whether to offer lifetime employment. Second, ... Read MoreCapacity and Reaction Functions of Joint-Stock Firms
Volume 3, Issue 3 , March 2016, , Pages 166-173