Preemptive entry in differentiated product markets

Economic Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 419-445

  Anderson, Simon P ^a   Engers, Maxim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Entry deterrence; Entry timing; Product differentiation; Rent dissipation; Sequential entry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035530135     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00004112     Document Type: Article

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