Does information about competitors' actions increase or decrease competition in experimental oligopoly markets?

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-57

  Huck, Steffen ^a   Normann, Hans Theo ^a   Oechssler, Jörg ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

C72; C92; Collusion; Imitation; Information; L13; Prices versus quantities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034582213     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7187(99)00033-8     Document Type: Article

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