The price-concentration relationship in grocery retailing: Retesting Newmark

Agribusiness

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 413-426

  Yu, Chih Ching ^a   Connor, John M ^b  

^a DAHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 40449089801     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.10028     Document Type: Article

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