Bertrand model

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  • There are two firms in the market
  • Sellers choose the level of price
  • They make their pricing decisions simultaneously
  • Further entry into the market is completely blocked
  • Firms have the same constant marginal costs and no fixed costs
  • If firm's A's price is below Firm b's, Firm A selles to all buyers and firm B sells to none
  • If they set the same price , they both supply of the buyer
  • The Market's demand is Q =a -P
  • Where Q is the total demand when the lowest price of Firm A and Firm B
  • In a perfectly competitive market , the equilibrium price is the same as the equilibrium price of the Betrand model of oligopoly with homogenous products.
  • There is no deadweight loss