> A first game-theoretic model with Bertrand behaviour was published in the 
> early fifties of the last century by Nash and others. Bertrand's review 
is  
> mentioned in this article, but I have the strong feeling that none of 
these  
> authors read Bertrand's review. They were echoing Edgeworth and put it in 
a > new framework. 
 
You are quite right on that. 
 
> My question is: who coined the name "Bertrand model" for a model with a 
>price competing oligopolist? 
 
You might have a look at this paper of mine:  
"The 'Cournot-Bertrand Debate': a Historical Perspective", History of 
Political Economy, fall 1992 
 
But Bertrand's name keeps being associated with this model, maybe because 
theoreticians don't read historians and they have more power to name 
concepts than historians. 
 
Jean Magnan de Bornier