Market power and the Demsetz quality critique: An evaluation for food retailing

Agribusiness

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-118

  Cotterill, Ronald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 84993042184     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6297(199924)15:1<101::AID-AGR7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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