Vertical integration and input flows

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1120-1148

  Atalay, Enghin ^a   Hortaçsu, Ali ^a   Syverson, Chad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84898669076     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.4.1120     Document Type: Article

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