Unsystematic risk and coalition formation in product markets

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 313-338

  Brown, Murray ^a   Chiang, Shin Hwan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Firm strategy; Market performance; Market structure; Noncooperative games; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746224906     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7187(00)00099-0     Document Type: Article

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