Capacity dynamics and endogenous asymmetries in firm size

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-49

  Besanko, David ^a   Doraszelski, Ulrich ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2442665293     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1593728     Document Type: Article

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