Third-Degree Price Discrimination and Consumer Surplus

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 333-345

  Cowan, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84862597648     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: 14676451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6451.2012.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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