Vertical product differentiation in theory and practice

Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Eales, James ^a,b   Binkley, James K ^a,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising; Non price competition; Vertical differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844349327     PISSN: 15420485     EISSN: 15420485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-0485.1026     Document Type: Article

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