The economic theory of price discrimination via transactions bundling: An assessment of the policy implications

Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Dassiou, Xeni ^a   Glycopantis, Dionysious ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33749630750     PISSN: 15555879     EISSN: 15555879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1555-5879.1041     Document Type: Article

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