Divisionalization, Franchising, and Divestiture Incentives in Oligopoly

American Economic Review

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 223-236

  Baye, Michael R ^a   Crocker, Keith J ^a   Ju, Jiandong ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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