Predation and its rate of return: The sugar industry, 1887-1914

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-69

  Genesove, David ^a,b   Mullin, Wallace P ^c,d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b CEPR   (Israel)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GWIPP   (United States)

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EID: 33748346668     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-2171.2006.tb00003.x     Document Type: Review

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