Price-matching guarantees

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 449-465

  Moorthy, Sridhar ^a   Winter, Ralph A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 33846145755     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-2171.2006.tb00025.x     Document Type: Article

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