To bundle or not to bundle

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 946-963

  Fang, Hanming ^a   Norman, Peter ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 34748921000     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-2171.2006.tb00065.x     Document Type: Article

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