Using Revenue Sharing to Implement Flexible Prices: Evidence from Movie Exhibition Contracts

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-219

  Gil, Ricard ^a   Lafontaine, Francine ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84862596338     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: 14676451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6451.2012.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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