Why do suppliers charge larger buyers lower prices?

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-61

  Tyagi, Rajeev K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0035584727     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6451.00137     Document Type: Article

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