Dynamic price competition with network effects

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-111

  Cabral, Luís ^a  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

L1; Network effects; Price competition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC THEORY; MODELING; PRICE DYNAMICS; SYMMETRY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79953319221     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdq007     Document Type: Article

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