Strategic Profit Sharing between Firms Articles uri icon

publication date

  • December 2010

start page

  • 341

end page

  • 354

issue

  • 4

volume

  • 6

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1742-7355

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1742-7363

abstract

  • We introduce the possibility of unilaterally giving profits away to the rival in different oligopolistic contexts. We find that this strategy may be profitable in some circumstances, thus providing a context for
    partial tacit collusion in one-shot oligopolistic interactions. Although
    the strategy in itself may look unrealistic, we argue that it may be
    hidden behind a more complicated relation of the firms.