Mutual forbearance among multimarket firms: A behavioral approach to tacit cooperation

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-133

  Stephan, John ^a   Peters, Richard ^b  

^a MARIST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

competition; game theory; multimarket; mutual forbearance; rivalry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940264555     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jmo.2013.24     Document Type: Article

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