The Use of the Logit Model in Applied Industrial Organization

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-105

  Werden, Gregory J ^a   Froeb, Luke M ^b   Tardiff, Timothy J ^c  

^a US Department of Justice   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NERA ECONOMIC CONSULTING   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitrust; Mergers; Quantitative choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040470111     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/758533490     Document Type: Article

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