Product variety and market structure: A new measure and a simple test

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-214

  Alexander, Peter J ^a  

^a OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy; Market structure; Product variety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031066479     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(96)00902-x     Document Type: Article

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