Do vertical mergers facilitate upstream collusion?

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1321-1339

  Nocke, Volker ^a,b   White, Lucy ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d CEPR ^*  (United States)

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EID: 35348865032     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.4.1321     Document Type: Review

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