Chain-store pricing across local markets

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-119

  Dobson, Paul W ^a   Waterson, Michael ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 14544303109     PISSN: 10586407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1430-9134.2005.00035.x     Document Type: Review

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