Joint research unit 7235

Cobb-Douglas preferences and pollution in a bilateral oligopoly market

Anicet Kabre

In this note, we introduce pollution and examine its effects in a finite bilateral oligopoly model where agents have asymmetric Cobb-Douglas preferences. We define two strategic equilibria: the Stackelberg-Cournot equilibrium with pollution (SCEP) and the Cournot equilibrium with pollution (CEP). While the supplied quantities of the polluting and the non-polluting good depend on the preferences of all economic agents in the case of symmetric preferences, we show that when preferences are asymmetric, i) at both equilibria, each polluter’s equilibrium supply depends only on the non-polluters’ preferences for the non-polluting good; ii) at the CEP and the SCEP, the elasticity of the polluters emissions is greater when nonpolluters preferences for the non-polluting good increase, compared to an increase in their own preferences for this good; iii) firm’s emissions’elasticity decreases with the market power if their marginal cost is lower than their competitor.

AGENDA

Thursday 1 June 2023

Feebate on new vehicles : pass-through on the second-hand market and distributional impacts

Quentin Hoarau

Feebate on new vehicles : pass-through on the second-hand market and distributional impacts

Thursday 1 June 2023

Lunch

Quentin Hoarau

Feebate on new vehicles : pass-through on the second-hand market and distributional impacts

Friday 2 June 2023

Rencontres économiques

9h30 à 11h30

Le renouveau industriel français est-il encore possible ?

Friday 2 June 2023

Le renouveau industriel français est-il encore possible ?

9h30 à 11h30

Le renouveau industriel français est-il encore possible ?

Thursday 8 June 2023

Doctorants

Sahil Chopra (Université Sorbonne Paris-Nord)

Economics of litigation : Securities class action with third-party funding

Thursday 8 June 2023

Economics of litigation : Securities class action with third-party funding

Sahil Chopra (Université Sorbonne Paris-Nord)

Economics of litigation : Securities class action with third-party funding

Monday 12 June 2023

Law, Institutions and Economics in Nanterre (LIEN)

Arthur Silve (IAST / Univ. Laval)

TBA

Monday 12 June 2023

TBA

Arthur Silve (IAST / Univ. Laval)

TBA

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