Pre-emption, predation, and minimum quality standards

International Economic Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-123

  Baliamoune Lutz, Mina ^a   Lutz, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Country asymmetries; Oligopoly; Quality; Trade; Vertical product differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951532180     PISSN: 10168737     EISSN: 1743517X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10168731003589790     Document Type: Article

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