Merger and collusion in contests

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 563-575

  Huck, Steffen ^a   Konrad, Kai A ^b   Müller, Wieland ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0036979050     PISSN: 09324569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1628/0932456022975277     Document Type: Article

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