The welfare effects of third-degree price discrimination with nonlinear demand functions

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 419-428

  Cowan, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 38349041678     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-2171.2007.tb00075.x     Document Type: Article

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