Testing static oligopoly models: Conduct and cost in the sugar industry, 1890-1914

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 355-377

  Genesove, David ^a   Mullin, Wallace P ^a  

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EID: 0032363324     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2555893     Document Type: Article

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