Minimal Differentiation at the Top

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-20

  Sorenson, Timothy L ^a  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collusice pricing; Collusion; Production location; Vertical differentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 6544231374     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/758532190     Document Type: Article

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