On the welfare effects and political economy of competition-enhancing policies

Economic Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 498, 2004, Pages 800-824

  Aghion, Philippe ^a,b   Schankerman, Mark ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centre for Economic Policy Research   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION POLICY; MARKET CONDITIONS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PRICE DETERMINATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 6344243424     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2004.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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