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“They were real, they were American”: Jeans in Soviet magazines in the 1970s and 1980s

Publication Date
2023-April-14
Authors
Omarova, Assel
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

The 1970s and 1980s saw a significant increase in the popularity of jeans among the Soviet Union's youth. To gain a better understanding of the origins of this trend, the paper analyzes interviews with former Soviet Union citizens, as well...

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Price collusion in an infinitely repeated Hotelling duopoly

Publication Date
1998-August-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Powers, Jonathan
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

This paper explores the effect product differentiation has on the ability of firms to collude in setting prices. It is often thought that product differentiation can be an impediment to collusion. However, the results in this paper suggest that product...

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