Price discrimination and bargaining power in the U.S. vaccine market: Implications for childhood immunization policy

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 249-265

  Kauf, Teresa L ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining power; Price discrimination; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041594076     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1062-9769(99)00014-9     Document Type: Article

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