Cartels, spontaneous price discrimination and international pharmacy retailing

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-285

  Reekie, W Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antitrust policy; Health care; Jel classifications: k21, l41, l65, i11; Pharmaceutical industry; Retail pharmacies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001911280     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/758523210     Document Type: Article

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