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ECONOMIC INSTRUCTION

Multiple product qualities in monopoly: Sailing the RMS Titanic into the economics classroom

Carlos J. AsartaDepartment of Economics, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Franklin G. Mixon Jr.Department of Economics, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA, USA
&
Kamal P. UpadhyayaDepartment of Economics, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, USA
Pages 173-179 | Published online: 14 Mar 2018

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