%0 Journal Article %T Price-Setting Mixed Duopoly, Privatization and Subsidization %J Microeconomics and Macroeconomics %@ 2168-4588 %D 2012 %I %R 10.5923/j.m2economics.20120101.03 %X This paper focuses on the role that production subsidies play in a Bertrand mixed duopoly. The paper examines four regimes: mixed and private duopoly, each with and without subsidies. The results of this study are compared with the findings of the existing Cournot mixed market literature. As a result, the paper shows that that the introduction of production subsidies into the analyses of Bertrand and Cournot mixed markets can improve social welfare. %K Mixed Duopoly Model %K Price Competition %K Privatization %K Subsidization %U http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.m2economics.20120101.03.html