Market power, vertical integration and the wholesale price of gasoline

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 469-492

  Hastings, Justine S ^a   Gilbert, Richard J ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 29744470204     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: 14676451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6451.2005.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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