Explaining pricing conduct in a product-differentiated oligopolistic market: An empirical application of a price conjectural variations model

Agribusiness

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 427-436

  Kinoshita, Junko ^a   Suzuki, Nobuhiro ^b   Kaiser, Harry M ^c  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 3142542452     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.10030     Document Type: Article

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