Efficient Horizontal Mergers

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 277-289

  Chakravarty, Satya R ^a,b  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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EID: 0039498151     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jeth.1998.2417     Document Type: Article

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