Bestseller lists and product variety

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 715-738

  Sorensen, Alan T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36949001106     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: 14676451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6451.2007.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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