Entry and vertical differentiation

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 91-125

  Bergemann, Dirk ^a   Välimäki, Juuso ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian learning; Duopoly; Entry; Experience goods; Experimentation; Markov perfect equilibrium; Quantity competition; Vertical differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036749183     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jeth.2001.2865     Document Type: Article

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