Demand uncertainty, inventories, and resale price maintenance

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 885-913

  Deneckere, Raymond ^a   Marvel, Howard P ^a   Peck, James ^a  

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EID: 0040519261     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2946675     Document Type: Article

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