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Assume we have two competitors in a competition for market share, and that each wishes to maximize its discounted cash flow over an infinite horizon. We have for competitor 1
and for competitor 2
The parameters g 1 and g 2 represent the economic values of market shares for competitors 1 and 2, respectively. Also, r is the discount rate, assumed equivalent for the two competitors.
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Erickson, G.M. (2003). Analysis of a Lanchester Duopoly. In: Dynamic Models of Advertising Competition. International Series in Quantitative Marketing, vol 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1031-4_3
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