A theory of clearance sales

Economic Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 522, 2007, Pages 964-990

  Nocke, Volker ^a,b   Peitz, Martin ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c International University in Germany   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ELASTICITY; MONOPOLY; PRICING POLICY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 34447267430     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02074.x     Document Type: Article

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