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SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.
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I present a generalized form of firms’ objective function. Besides classical own profit maximization, I add two distinct concerns: consumer surplus and competitors’ profits. This generalization can account for public and partially privatized firms, socially concerned firms as well as partially cooperating firms. I study a simple duopoly game to compare and discuss the effects of both concerns on equilibrium outcomes.
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Consumer surplus, Cournot game, mixed oligopoly, private firms, public firms, socially concerned firms, partial cooperation, partial privatization, strategic firm objectives, welfare.
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Authors:Bentham Science Books