Cross-border mergers as instruments of comparative advantage

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1229-1257

  Neary, J Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; MARKET; MERGER; MODELING; OLIGOPOLY; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

EID: 34548544065     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2007.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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