Detecting simple dynamics in Cournot-like models

AbstractWe introduced the so-called Cournot-like models, i.e. n-dimensional discrete dynamical systems which constitute the mathematical environment for modeling some economic and biological processes. The main aim of this work is to present a characterization of the dynamical simplicity for these types of systems through the property “to have zero topological entropy”. Cournot-like systems generalize the well-known economic situation of competition in a duopolistic market introduces by Cournot in 1838

A note on the equilibria of an economic model with local competition ''à la Cournot''

Agraïments: This work was supported in part by Fundación Séneca de la Región de Murcia, grant number 08667/PI/08 and JCCM (Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha), grant number PEII09-0220-0222.Guirao and Rubio (2010) [12] introduce an economic model, which generalizes the classical duopoly of Cournot type, where the competitors are located around a circle or a line and each firm competes ''à la Cournot'' with its right and left neighboring. For the case of having three and four players, we describe completely the bifurcations of equilibria in terms of the production costs of each firm and we study the stability of them. Moreover, for the case of four players we provide some information on the two-periodic orbits of the system