Preference externalities: An empirical study of who benefits whom in differentiated-product markets

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 557-568

  Waldfogel, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0242595784     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1593746     Document Type: Article

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