Imports, entry and competition law as market disciplines

European Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 831-858

  Kee, Hiau Looi ^a   Hoekman, Bernard ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Groupe d'Economie Mondiale   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition law; Entry; Import penetration; Industry markup; Market discipline

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC POLICY; IMPORT; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; MARKET CONDITIONS;

EID: 34247140575     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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