Mergers, asymmetries and collusion: Experimental evidence

Economic Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 527, 2008, Pages 387-400

  Fonseca, Miguel A ^a,b   Normann, Hans Theo ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; MERGER; MODELING; OLIGOPOLY;

EID: 39649092251     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02126.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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