Quality competition in retailing: A structural analysis

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 521-540

  Ellickson, Paul B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous sunk costs; Oligopoly; Retail; Stochastic growth; Submarket; Vertical product differentiation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ENDOGENOUS SUNK COSTS; OLIGOPOLY; RETAIL; SUBMARKET; VERTICAL PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 33644788904     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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