Cartel damages claims and the passing-on defense

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 457-491

  Verboven, Frank ^a,b   Van Dijk, Theon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CEPR   (Belgium)

^c Lexonomics   (Belgium)

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EID: 69549121946     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: 14676451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6451.2009.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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