Do buyer-size discounts depend on the curvature of the surplus function? Experimental tests of bargaining models

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 747-767

  Normann, Hans Theo ^a   Ruffle, Bradley J ^b   Snyder, Christopher M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 41749096822     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0741-6261.2007.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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