Product differentiation and location decisions under demand uncertainty

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-216

  Meagher, Kieron J ^a   Zauner, Klaus G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Discrete choice; Hotelling; Location; Oligopoly; Product differentiation; Spatial competition; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 3342964158     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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