Theory meets practice: Barriers to entry in merger analysis

Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Coate, Malcolm B ^a  

^a FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to entry; Competition policy; Merger guidelines; Mergers

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749157542     PISSN: 15555879     EISSN: 15555879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1555-5879.1240     Document Type: Review

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