Price matching and the domino effect in a retail gasoline market

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 568-588

  Atkinson, Benajmin ^a   Eckert, Andrew ^b   West, Douglas S ^b  

^a Canadian Competition Bureau   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 68349157319     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2008.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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