Strategic entry deterrence through spatial price discrimination

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 297-314

  Aguirre, Iñaki ^a   Espinosa, María Paz ^a   Macho Stadler, Inés ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Entry deterrence; Spatial price discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000745715     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-0462(97)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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