The First-Order approach to merger analysis

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 188-218

  Jaffe, Sonia ^a,b   Weyl, E Glen ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Chicago   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84887913625     PISSN: 19457669     EISSN: 19457685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mic.5.4.188     Document Type: Article

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