The stability of price dispersion under seller and consumer learning

International Economic Review

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1157-1190

  Hopkins, Ed ^a   Seymour, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036852565     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2354.t01-1-00052     Document Type: Article

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