Cementing relationships: Vertical integration, foreclosure, productivity, and prices

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 250-301

  Hortaçsu, Ali ^a   Syverson, Chad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOGISTICS; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

EID: 34249342323     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514347     Document Type: Article

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