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| Krishnendu Dastidar |
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| ''Oligopoly and financial structure revisited'' |
| ( 2003, Vol. 12 No.3 ) |
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| In this paper we employ a two stage Cournot duopoly model where firms can obtain outside funds only to finance production plans payouts to shareholders are not allowed. Debt, equity and capacity are chosen in the first stage and output is chosen in the second stage. In contrast to the existing literature in this area, we show firms always choose zero debt in equilibrium. The two important implications of our analysis are (a) while there are linkages between financial structure and product market decisions, these linkages have no real effect on the choice of optimal capital structure of a firm, and (b) the standard results in this area are not robust to model specifications. |
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JEL: L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance: General
D4 - Market Structure and Pricing: General |
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| Manuscript Received : Nov 13 2003 | | Manuscript Accepted : Nov 14 2003 |
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