Determinants of Individual-Firm Markup in Japan: Market Concentration, Market Share, and FTC Regulations

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 424-450

  Ariga, Kenn ^a   Ohkusa, Yasushi ^b   Nishimura, Kiyohiko G ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

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EID: 0345772014     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jjie.1999.0430     Document Type: Article

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