Price discrimination in oligopoly: Evidence from regional newspapers

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-346

  Asplund, Marcus ^a   Eriksson, Rickard ^b   Strand, Niklas ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Post and Telecommunications Agency   (Sweden)

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EID: 65249141784     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: 14676451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6451.2008.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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