Inferring market power under the threat of entry: The case of the Brazilian cement industry

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 326-350

  Salvo, Alberto ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 74949086864     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: 17562171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-2171.2010.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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