Buyer power and supplier incentives

European Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 647-667

  Inderst, Roman ^a   Wey, Christian ^b,c,d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buyer power; Merger; Retailing

Indexed keywords

RETAILING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 33947134935     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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