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Price competition and the Bertrand model: the paradox of the German mobile discount market

Daniel KaimannDepartment of Management, Paderborn University, Paderborn, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Britta HoyerDepartment of Economics, Paderborn University, Paderborn, GermanyView further author information
Pages 54-57 | Published online: 13 Feb 2018

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