Empirical analysis of merger enforcement under the 1992 Merger Guidelines

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 279-301

  Coate, Malcolm B ^a  

^a FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitrust; Coordinated interaction; Impact of entry; Merger policy; Unilateral effects

Indexed keywords

GUIDELINE; MERGER;

EID: 31144474913     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: 15737160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-005-5712-0     Document Type: Article

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