Competition and market power in option demand markets

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 737-763

  Capps, Cory ^a   Dranove, David ^a   Satterthwaite, Mark ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1442306501     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1593786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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