Supermarket merger enforcement

Journal of Public Policy and Marketing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 38-50

  Balto, David A ^a  

^a FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

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EID: 0035629268     PISSN: 07439156     EISSN: 15477207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jppm.20.1.38.17287     Document Type: Article

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