On the limits and possibilities of the principle of minimum differentiation

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 735-750

  Hinloopen, Jeroen ^a   Van Marrewijk, Charles ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

L1; R1; Reservation price; Spatial duopoly

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033418846     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7187(97)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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