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Buyer power and quality improvements

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Battigalli, Pierpaolo
Fumagalli, Chiara
Polo, Michele

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Volume (Year): 61 (2007)
Issue (Month): 2 (June)
Pages: 45-61
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  1. Miklos-Thal, Jeanine & Rey, Patrick & Vergé, Thibaud, 2008. "Buyer Power and Intraband Coordination," IDEI Working Papers 500, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse. [Downloadable!]
  2. Pierpaolo Battigalli & Chiara Fumagalli & Michele Polo, 2006. "Buyer Power and Quality Improvement," Working Papers 310, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University. [Downloadable!]
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