Competition in grocery retailing: the impact of a new strategic group on BLS price increases

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 381-399

  Marion, Bruce W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRICE DYNAMICS; RETAILING; URBAN ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031728948     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007748610511     Document Type: Article

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