Lessons from the United States's antitrust history

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 415-445

  Mueller, Dennis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antritrust policy; Competition policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344447233     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-7187(95)00490-4     Document Type: Article

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