Advance production and Cournot outcomes: An experimental investigation

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-79

  Davis, Douglas D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance production; Cournot competition; Market experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033196714     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(99)00042-6     Document Type: Article

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