Pure numbers effects, market power, and tacit collusion in posted offer markets

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 475-488

  Davis, Douglas ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiments; Market concentration; Market power

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349443709     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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