Who benefits from transshipment? Exogenous vs. endogenous wholesale prices

Management Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 645-657

  Dong, Lingxiu ^a   Rudi, Nils ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand correlation; Multivariate normal distribution; Stackelberg equilibrium; Transshipment

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; CORRELATION METHODS; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVENTORY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DEMAND CORRELATION; MULTIVARIATE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STACKELBERG EQUILIBRIUM; TRANSSHIPMENT;

SALES;

EID: 2942556898     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1040.0203     Document Type: Review

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