Is there anti-competitive behaviour in the central Canadian cement industry? Testing arbitrage cost hypotheses

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 343-356

  Kleit, Andrew N ^a   Palsson, Halldor P ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Industry and Science Canada ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOUR; CEMENT INDUSTRY; MARKET ENTRY; PRICE IMPACT; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

CANADA, ONTARIO, TORONTO;

EID: 0030446883     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/136293     Document Type: Article

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