The effect of mergers on firms' costs: Evidence from the HMO industry

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 574-600

  Engberg, John ^a   Wholey, Douglas ^b   Feldman, Roger ^b   Christianson, Jon B ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Efficiency; Market structure; Mergers

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044294748     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9769(03)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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