Bargains and Ripoffs: A Model of Monopolistically Competitive Price Dispersion

DOI10.2307/2296903zbMath0377.90025OpenAlexW2045888345MaRDI QIDQ4156082

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Steven C. Salop

Publication date: 1977

Published in: The Review of Economic Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2296903

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Trade models (91B60)

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