Firm-specific cost savings and market power

Economic Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 545-565

  Davis, Douglas D ^a   Wilson, Bart J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost savings; Efficiencies and antitrust analysis; Market power; Pass through rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034340472     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001999900061     Document Type: Article

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