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Advanced Micro · intro

Market demand expands

What moves on the Cournot Competition diagram

  • R₂(q₁)shifts right (small)
  • R₁(q₂)shifts right (small)

A bigger market shifts both best-response curves outward, outputs rise for both rivals in equilibriumequilibriumThe point where opposing forces balance, quantity supplied equals quantity demanded, so there's no pressure for price to change..

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Step by step

  1. 1

    Both reaction curves cross at the Nash point.

  2. 2

    The market grows, each firm's best response rises for any rival output.

  3. 3

    Both curves shift out; the new Nash equilibriumNash equilibriumA strategy profile where no player can gain by changing their choice alone. has both firms producing more.

Where this shows up

Examiners ask this as: duopoly demand grows, both firms expand.

Other scenarios on Cournot Competition

Firm 1's costs jump →