Democratic deficits in comparison: Best (and worst) practices in European, US and Swiss merger regulation

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 541-566

  Zweifel, Thomas D ^a  

^a Swiss Consulting Group   (United States)

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EID: 0037731248     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5965.00434     Document Type: Article

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