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Price Dispersion on the Internet: Good Firms and Bad Firms

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  • Kathy Baylis & Jeffrey Perloff, 2002. "Price Dispersion on the Internet: Good Firms and Bad Firms," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, vol. 21(3), pages 305-324, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:revind:v:21:y:2002:i:3:p:305-324
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1020415304514
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