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In an industry facing a linear demand function and zero marginal costs, how will the output level resulting from a Stackleberg duopoly compare to that result in from a Cournot duopoly?  

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In an industry a facing a linear demand function and zero marginal costs, how will the output level resulting from a Stackleberg duopoly compare to that result in from a Cournot duopoly? What is it about the situation each model attempts to capture that leads to this result? The essays main focus is seen to be primarily on the idea of game theory which is concerned with representing economic interactions in a specific form, with players, pay offs and stragedies. It has been argued by economists that the majority of economic theory is concerned with the process and the conditions under which individuals or the firms are seen to maximise their own benefits or minimise their costs in markets subject to constraints, in which individual actions aren't seen to influence others, hence the idea of perfect competition. However, this isn't always deemed to be the case because economic decisions are seen...

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