Excess capacity and entry deterrence: The case of ocean liner shipping markets

Maritime Economics and Logistics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 100-115

  Fusillo, Mike ^a,b  

^a New York University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to entry; Entry deterrence; Excess capacity; Instrumental variables; Strategic behaviour; Theory of the core

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346902035     PISSN: 14792931     EISSN: 1479294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.mel.9100074     Document Type: Article

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