Price discrimination through transactions bundling: The case of monopsony

Journal of Mathematical Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 672-681

  Dassiou, Xeni ^a   Glycopantis, Dionysius ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mixed bundling; Monopsony; Partner preference; Price discrimination; Profit enhancing; Quality uncertainty; Trade enhancing

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649138253     PISSN: 03044068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmateco.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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