Information and cost asymmetry in experimental duopoly markets

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 290-299

  Mason, Charles F ^a   Phillips, Owen R ^a  

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EID: 0000182431     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465397556647     Document Type: Article

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