Upfront payments and exclusion in downstream markets

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 823-843

  Marx, Leslie M ^a   Shaffer, Greg ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 41749123067     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0741-6261.2007.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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