Multidivisional firms, internal competition, and the merger paradox

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 951-977

  Creane, Anthony ^a   Davidson, Carl ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); MERGER; MODELING; PROFITABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 10044224788     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0008-4085.2004.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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