%0 Journal Article %T How Hierarchical Structures Impact on Competition %A Alexsandr Galegov %A Andrey Garnaev %J AUCO Czech Economic Review %D 2008 %I Charles University in Prague %X Stackelberg models for hierarchical oligopolistic markets with a homogenous product were studied by researchers extensively. The goal of this paper is to extend the classical solution in closed form of the Stackelberg model for a general hierarchical structures composed by firms arranged into groups of different hierarchical levels. %K Hierarchical structures %K multi-level Stackelberg equilibrium %K Nash-Cournot equilibrium %U http://auco.fsv.cuni.cz/storage/47_2008_03_227.pdf