How many firms should be leaders? Beneficial concentration revisited

International Economic Review

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1323-1340

  Ino, Hiroaki ^a   Matsumura, Toshihiro ^b  

^a KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 84867381291     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2012.00722.x     Document Type: Article

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