A dynamic model of endogenous horizontal mergers

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-83

  Gowrisankaran, Gautam ^a  

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EID: 0033446330     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2556046     Document Type: Article

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