Have supermarket mergers raised prices? An event study analysis

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 329-342

  Hosken, Daniel ^a   Simpson, John David ^a  

^a FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Event Study; Mergers; Supermarket

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746815406     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571510110079603     Document Type: Article

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