Economic models and the merger guidelines: A case study

Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Coate, Malcolm B ^a  

^a FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

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EID: 33646778816     PISSN: 15555879     EISSN: 15555879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1555-5879.1042     Document Type: Article

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