Monopoly in the UK: What determines whether the MMC finds against the investigated firms?

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-283

  Davies, Stephen W ^a   Driffield, Nigel L ^b   Clarke, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033414603     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6451.00101     Document Type: Article

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