Perpetual leapfrogging in Bertrand duopoly

International Economic Review

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 671-696

  Giovannetti, Emanuele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 0346507835     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2354.00129     Document Type: Article

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