Current economic issues at the FTC

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 357-371

  Scheffman, David T ^a   Coleman, Mary T ^a  

^a FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitrust; Econometrics; FTC; Mergers

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION POLICY; ECONOMIC PLANNING; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; PRICING POLICY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036904562     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021118430444     Document Type: Article

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