Do slotting allowances harm retail competition?

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 367-384

  Foros, Øystein ^a   Jarle Kind, Hans ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anti trust policy; Retail competition; Slotting allowances

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RETAILING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48249128006     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2008.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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