Duopoly competition for rational addicts

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 368-386

  Koch, Steven F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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EID: 42649095112     PISSN: 10158812     EISSN: 22223436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajems.v7i2.1383     Document Type: Article

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