Maximum or minimum differentiation? Location patterns of retail outlets

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 162-175

  Netz, Janet S ^c   Taylor, Beck A ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0036103060     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465302317331991     Document Type: Review

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