Imperfect information: The persistence of price dispersion on the web

Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 236-243

  Lindsey Mullikin, Joan ^a   Grewal, Dhruv ^a,b  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Babson College ^*

Author keywords

Internet; Market price variation; Price dispersion; Pricing; Retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644616157     PISSN: 00920703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0092070305283366     Document Type: Article

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