How many franchises in a market?

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 519-542

  Rysman, Marc ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition policy; F12; Franchising; L13; Strategic trade; Vertical relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035545407     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7187(99)00030-2     Document Type: Article

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