Downstream labeling and upstream price competition

European Economic Review

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-360

  Bonroy, Olivier ^a,b   Lemarié, Stéphane ^a,b  

^a INRA University Pierre Mendes France   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Imperfect consumer information; Innovation; Label; Vertical product differentiation; Vertical structure

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 84858294248     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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