Free-on-board and uniform delivery pricing strategies in a mixed duopsony

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-139

  Fousekis, Panos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

cooperative; mixed duopsony; spatial competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952427063     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbq048     Document Type: Article

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