Formation of buyer-seller trade networks in a quality-differentiated product market

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 971-1004

  Wang, Ping ^a   Watts, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

D40; D51; D82

Indexed keywords

GOODS EXCHANGE; PRICE DYNAMICS; TRADE UNION;

EID: 33746722014     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2006.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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