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Comparative versus Informative Advertising in Oligopolistic Markets

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  • Maria Alipranti
  • Evangelos Mitrokostas
  • Emmanuel Petrakis

    (Department of Economics, University of Crete, Greece)

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  • Maria Alipranti & Evangelos Mitrokostas & Emmanuel Petrakis, 2013. "Comparative versus Informative Advertising in Oligopolistic Markets," Working Papers 1301, University of Crete, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Informative Advertising; Comparative Advertising; Oligopoly; Product Differentiation.;
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    JEL classification:

    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
    • M37 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - Advertising

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