Monopoly and product quality

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DOI10.1016/0022-0531(78)90085-6zbMath0403.90007OpenAlexW2023067240MaRDI QIDQ1256386

Michael Mussa, Sherwin Rosen

Publication date: 1978

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0531(78)90085-6




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