It pays to be different: Endogenous heterogeneity of firms in an oligopoly

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 317-329

  Mills, David E ^a   Smith, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Oligopoly; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344434997     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-7187(95)00481-5     Document Type: Article

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