Preemption and rent dissipation under price competition

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 309-328

  Boyer, Marcel ^a   Lasserre, Pierre ^b   Mariotti, Thomas ^c   Moreaux, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Investment under uncertainty; Preemption; Rent dissipation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; THEOREM PROVING;

INVESTMENT UNDER UNCERTAINTY; PREEMPTION; PRICE COMPETITION; RENT DISSIPATION;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 1242309828     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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