Has the EU's single market programme fostered competition? Testing for a decrease in mark-up ratios in EU industries

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 497-519

  Badinger, Harald ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

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EID: 34547227728     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2007.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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