Economics research at the FTC: Information, retrospectives, and retailing

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 353-374

  Froeb, Luke ^a   Hosken, Daniel ^a   Pappalardo, Janis ^a  

^a FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer protection; FTC; Information; Marketing; Mergers; Retailing

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL POLICY; MANUFACTURING; MERGER; RETAILING;

EID: 11244333403     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-004-4853-x     Document Type: Article

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