Two kinds of Online Retailers' Price Competition on B2C Market
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Hao Fu, Jieyao Ding, Leilei Liu 1 Hao Fu, Herbert A.Simon & Reinhard Selten Behavioral Decision Research Lab, School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, ChengDu 610031, China 86-28-87600895; 13808177037; [email protected] 2 Jieyao Ding, Leilei Liu, Herbert A.Simon & Reinhard Selten Behavioral Decision Research Lab, School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, ChengDu 610031, China
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