Inducing downstream selling effort with market share discounts

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-146

  Mills, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exclusionary Behavior; Loyalty Discounts; Market Share Discounts; Procompetitive Effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954151267     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571516.2010.483082     Document Type: Article

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