Spatial competition among multi-store firms

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 163-190

  Pal, Debashis ^a   Sarkar, Jyotirmoy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cournot oligopoly; Multi store firms; Spatial competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 31244435539     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7187(00)00080-1     Document Type: Article

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