Price competition between online and offline firms in an electronic commerce market and discriminatory taxation

Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-49

  Lee, Sang H O ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Offline firm; Online firm; Optimal tax difference; Tax revenues

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747336633     PISSN: 0018280X     EISSN: 2436097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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