Countercyclical pricing in customer markets

Economica

Volumn 71, Issue 284, 2004, Pages 519-542

  Bagwell, Kyle ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DETERMINATION; PROFITABILITY;

EID: 9444220176     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-0427.2004.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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