Price-increasing competition

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1042-1058

  Chen, Yongmin ^a   Riordan, Michael H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

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EID: 58149377177     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-2171.2008.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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