An estimable model of supermarket behavior: Prices, distribution services and some effects of competition

Empirica

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-73

  Betancourt, Roger R ^a   Malanoski, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Office of Management and Budget   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; PRICE DYNAMICS; RETAILING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032725290     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007072925711     Document Type: Article

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