An empirical investigation of the welfare effects of banning wholesale price discrimination

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-46

  Villas Boas, Sofia Berto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 70350191513     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-2171.2008.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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