Selling a cheaper mousetrap: Wal-Mart's effect on retail prices

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 203-229

  Basker, Emek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Market size; Prices; Wal Mart

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444441935     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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