Product diversity in asymmetric oligopoly: Is the quality of consumer goods too low?

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-135

  Anderson, Simon P ^a   De Palma, André ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

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EID: 0035610357     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6451.00142     Document Type: Article

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