Local monopsony and free riders

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 337-355

  Waterman, David ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cable television; Monopsony; Motion pictures; Pharmaceutical; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043039610     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6245(96)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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