Strategic delegation and mergers in oligopolistic contests

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-136

  Kräkel, Matthias ^a   Sliwka, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contests; Mergers; Strategic delegation

Indexed keywords

EID: 32544457821     PISSN: 01486195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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