Competition and productivity: A review of evidence

Annual Review of Economics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 619-642

  Holmes, Thomas J ^a   Schmitz Jr , James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Market power; Monopoly

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952595614     PISSN: 19411383     EISSN: 19411391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.economics.102308.124407     Document Type: Review

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