Imitative competition and product innovation in a duopoly model

Economica

Volumn 64, Issue 254, 1997, Pages 265-279

  Pepall, Lynne ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 5844346130     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00077     Document Type: Article

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