Transparency on the consumer side and tacit collusion

European Economic Review

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 279-297

  Schultz, Christian ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b EPRU   (Denmark)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartel theory; Competition policy; Internet; Tacit collusion; Transparency

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION POLICY; INTERNET; PRICE DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 11244262626     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(03)00034-5     Document Type: Article

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