On the use of low-price guarantees to discourage price cutting

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1139-1156

  Arbatskaya, Maria ^a   Hviid, Morten ^b   Shaffer, Greg ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collusion; Facilitating practices; Price matching policies

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; DATA REDUCTION; MARKETING; PUBLIC POLICY; RETAIL STORES; SALES; TIRES;

FACILITATING PRACTICES; PRICE-MATCHING POLICIES;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 37849185249     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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