Search and price competition

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 347-357

  Waldeck, Roger ^a,b  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Competition; Information; Price dispersion; Search

Indexed keywords

EID: 41349114407     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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