Why Suggest Non-Binding Retail Prices?

Economica

Volumn 78, Issue 310, 2011, Pages 317-329

  Puppe, Clemens ^a   Rosenkranz, Stephanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; MANUFACTURING; MODEL TEST; MONOPOLY; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; PROFITABILITY; RETAILING;

EID: 79952671875     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2009.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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