Vertical control of price and inventory

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1840-1857

  Krishnan, Harish ^a   Winter, Ralph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 38049125208     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.5.1840     Document Type: Article

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