Rebuttal of the report by the institute for justice entitled designing cartels: How industry insiders cut out competition

Journal of Interior Design

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1-49

  Martin, Caren S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 79952880526     PISSN: 10717641     EISSN: 19391668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1668.2007.tb00548.x     Document Type: Article

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