Market size and vertical integration: Stigler's hypothesis reconsidered

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-42

  Elberfeld, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 0036001889     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6451.00166     Document Type: Article

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