Economics at the FTC: Cases and research, with a focus on petroleum

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-252

  Froeb, Luke M ^a   Cooper, James C ^b   Frankena, Mark W ^b   Pautler, Paul A ^b   Silvia, Louis ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitrust; Consumer protection; FTC; Mergers; Petroleum; Vertical restraints

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

EID: 33644783471     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: 15737160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-005-3493-0     Document Type: Review

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