Equilibrium price dispersion under demand uncertainty: The roles of costly capacity and market structure

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 632-660

  Dana Jr , James D ^a  

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DOI: 10.2307/2556068     Document Type: Article

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