Book value: Intertemporal pricing and quality discrimination in the US market for books

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1385-1408

  Clerides, Sofronis K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Book publishing industry; Intertemporal pricing; Price discrimination; Quality discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 31244434451     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7187(02)00004-8     Document Type: Article

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