Measurement of the market power of firms: The Japanese case in the 1990s

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-414

  Kiyota, Kozo ^a   Nakajima, Takanobu ^b   Nishimura, Kiyohiko G ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Bank of Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMETRICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; RETAILING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 66749084423     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtp017     Document Type: Article

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