Merger control in Italy 1995-2003: A statistical study of the enforcement practice by mining the text of authority resolutions

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 307-334

  La Noce, Mauro ^a   Bolasco, Sergio ^b   Allegra, Elisabetta ^a   Ruocco, Valerio ^a   Capo, Federico M ^a  

^a Information Resources Directorate Statistical and Document Management Office   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antitrust; Competition Law; Merger; Merger Control; Text Mining

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746858928     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571510600784862     Document Type: Review

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