Cartel price announcements: The vitamins industry

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 762-802

  Marshall, Robert C ^a   Marx, Leslie M ^b   Raiff, Matthew E ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bates White LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitrust; Buyer acceptance; Collusion; Purchasing

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MARKETING; PUBLIC RELATIONS; PURCHASING; SHAREHOLDERS;

ANTITRUSTS; BUYER ACCEPTANCE; COLLUSIONS;

COST FUNCTIONS;

EID: 41749110291     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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