Rivalry in price and variety among supermarket retailers

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 710-726

  Richards, Timothy J ^a   Hamilton, Stephen F ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Game theory; Nested CES; Price competition; Retailing; Variety

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GAME THEORY; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DETERMINATION; RETAILING;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746252986     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00890.x     Document Type: Article

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