Concentration of competing retail stores

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 488-512

  Konishi, Hideo ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer search; Market size effect; Price cutting effect; Taste uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044457408     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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