Strategic pricing in a differentiated product oligopoly model: Fluid milk in Boston

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-33

  Canan, Basak ^a   Cotterill, Ronald W ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Brand level demand elasticities; Focal point collusion; Oligopoly; Price conjectural variations

Indexed keywords

MARKET CONDITIONS; MILK; OLIGOPOLY; PRICE DYNAMICS;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744903697     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2006.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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