Cartel contract duration: Empirical evidence from inter-war international cartels

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 705-744

  Suslow, Valerie Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRY; MONOPOLY;

EID: 27744551781     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dth075     Document Type: Review

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