Preemptive mergers under spatial competition

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1601-1622

  Brito, Duarte ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Endogenous mergers; Spatial competition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; MARKETING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

SPATIAL COMPETITION;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 0141732318     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7187(03)00048-1     Document Type: Article

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