Competition effects of supermarket services

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 555-568

  Bonanno, Alessandro ^a   Lopez, Rigoberto A ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Cost; Food retailing; Market power; Pricing; Service

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COST; FOOD MARKET; MODELING; PRICE DYNAMICS; RETAILING;

EID: 67049165136     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2009.01255.x     Document Type: Article

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