Debt as a collusive device in an oligopoly supergame

Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 249-269

  Damania, Dick ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Financial structure; Repeated oligopoly game

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042911978     PISSN: 09318658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01226828     Document Type: Article

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