Price discrimination and bargaining: Empirical evidence from medical devices

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 145-177

  Grennan, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84873322601     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.1.145     Document Type: Article

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