Monopoly, competition and information acquisition

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1623-1642

  Dimitrova, Magdalena ^a   Schlee, Edward E ^b  

^a AMERICAN EXPRESS   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Information acquisition; Welfare

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS;

MONOPOLY;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 0141843684     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7187(03)00094-8     Document Type: Article

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