Do price wars facilitate collusion? A study of the bromine cartel before World War I

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-137

  Levenstein, Margaret C ^a  

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EID: 0029691684     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.1996.0005     Document Type: Article

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