Price discrimination, copyright law, and technological innovation: Evidence from the introduction of DVDS

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1307-1350

  Mortimer, Julie Holland ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547662019     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.122.3.1307     Document Type: Review

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