Competition as a test of hypotheses: Simulation of knowledge-generating market processes

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Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages

  Kerber, Wolfgang ^a   Saam, Nicole J ^a  

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Author keywords

Competition; Concentration; Evolutionary economics; Hayek; Innovation; Knowledge; Lock in; Merger control; Simulation

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EID: 0344475147     PISSN: 14607425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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