Beer and the tie: Did divestiture of brewer-owned public houses lead to higher beer prices?

Economic Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 448, 1998, Pages 565-602

  Slade, Margaret E ^a  

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EID: 0009084147     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00305     Document Type: Article

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