Strategic price complexity in retail financial markets

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 278-287

  Carlin, Bruce I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Oligopoly; Price dispersion

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549099028     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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