Market power versus efficiency effects of mergers and research joint ventures: Evidence from the semiconductor industry

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 645-659

  Gugler, Klaus ^a   Siebert, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36448973450     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.89.4.645     Document Type: Article

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