A new way to measure competition

Economic Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 531, 2008, Pages 1245-1261

  Boone, Jan ^a  

^a CEPR ^*

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COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC THEORY; MODELING;

EID: 50149119481     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02168.x     Document Type: Article

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