Measuring market power and cost-efficiency effects of industrial concentration

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 377-386

  Azzam, Azzeddine M ^a  

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EID: 0031506306     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6451.00054     Document Type: Article

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