Does Accessibility Affect Retail Prices and Competition? An Empirical Application

Networks and Spatial Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 677-699

  Jiménez, Juan Luis ^a   Perdiguero, Jordi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Location; Oligopoly; Petrol stations

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255163684     PISSN: 1566113X     EISSN: 15729427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11067-010-9144-5     Document Type: Article

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